I mean, it's only a matter of time before our version of Hitler's 'SS' show up here...with 'HS' (Homeland Security) on their
lapels. Think it can't happen? I'll bet that the citizens of Germany in the 1930's thought that too. We have unchecked paranoia in this country..and that's very dangerous, especially when the Government is using it to control its
citizens.
Think this is a done deal? Think again. It's Congress who controls everything..and they're firmly in the back pocket of the MPAA..who (by the way) reported another record year at the box office (2002 was up over 12% from 2001's record year!).
Hmmm...I guess that piracy is ruining the industry, huh?
That's why they only earned over 9 BILLION last year!
"The gas tax would remain in effect. In paying the new tax, drivers would get credit for gas tax paid."
This is a way to get MORE money! Get real..how long do you think they'll get credit? One year? Two years? Certainly not more then that!
This is another law like the seat belt law. They slide it in under the voter's nose by saying: "It's only 15 bucks and we won't enforce it unless you get stopped for something else" Well, guess what? Here in CA that lasted about 3 years. Now it's 35 bucks and they CAN pull you over just for not wearing a set belt!
This is how Govt. works. Crack the door open an inch for them and the next thing you know there IS no door!
So let me get this straight...
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1 Dow contaminates the soil.
2 The women scoop up the souil that DOW HAS CONTAMINATED and brings it back to Dow.
3 Dow sues the women for returing the soil that THEY (Dow) contaminated.
And you think that Dow's right here? Expect to get a call form ther president offering you a job, 'cause you're no better then him!
Is this guy Related to Hitler?
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"We are being portrayed as a heartless giant which doesn't care about the 20,000 lives lost due to Bhopal over the years," said Dow President and CEO Michael D. Parker. "But this just isn't true. Many individuals within Dow feel tremendous sorrow about the Bhopal disaster, and many individuals within Dow would like the corporation to admit its responsibility, so that the public can then decide on the best course of action, as is appropriate in any democracy.
"Unfortunately, we have responsibilities to our shareholders and our industry colleagues that make action on Bhopal impossible. And being clear about this has been a very big step."
This Parker guy is truly evil. He has no conflict whatsoever about what he's doing . He even admits it within his comments. "Many others" might be outraged that Dow is responsible for the deaths and suffering of thousands and thousands of people, but not Mr. Parker!
The fact then Dow is (then) able to use the DMCA to cut off discussion of their nightmarish deeds gives the perfect example of why this evil law needs to be overturned.... NOW!!!
This perfectly illustrates how bad things have gotten technology wise in the U.S. People stick their heads in the sand and say over and over like a mantra: "The U.S. leads the world in technology". Well, bucko, it hasn't been so for quite a while!....AND let me clue you into something: Unless the education system and the corporate structures change here in the U.S. of A, it's gonna get worse. Much worse.
Right now, Americans have one of the worst education systems in the world. Even Canada, who we like to put down as being scrawny, kicks our ass in terms of the numbers of literate people coming out of schools today. The same is true in most European countries and Japan, and yes even in places like India. Add to this the corporate attitude here that the next quarter's 'guidance' is all the matters, and you have the recipe for failure. And failure is what's happening. Look at the examples. The U.S. developed the Internet, yet who has more computers per capita and a better infrascructure? South Korea. What country has had computers and the net in all their schools for years? Canada. Yet here we pat each other on the back because we might have half the schools wired by 2005. We're pathetic. Another big problem here is the politics here. We truly believe that we're the world's Police Department, so we spend large fortunes on military hardware instead of food and health care and education for our kids. All the Patriot missles and bombs in the world won't help us in the future. Our future is our children and we'd better well start worrying about feeding, clothing, keeping them healthy and educating them well then making more bombs.
We all know that Bush and his cronies want to set the clock back 50 years. After all, the last time that the president and both houses of Congress were republican was then - In the Eisenhower administration. Do you really think the whole Trent Lott fiasco was because he "misspoke himself"? Fact is, he just got too cocky...but you notice that it took Bush a long time and a lot of hot water before he distanced himself from Lotto.
Besides, daddy Bush is running the country, with help from old buddy: "dickie boy" Cheney.
Let's be conservative and say there's 10,000 flights worldwide a day. I know there's probably that many at the two Chicago airports combined, but remember we're being conservative.
This means if it coast $80,000 for one of these diversions and there's one a day, then for these 10,000 flights it cost 8 bucks a flight.
This is hardly a major expense for the airlines; we're talking pocket change here.
What a GREAT IDEA for law enforcement!! See, now they don't have to investigate murders any more, just go and arrest the manufacturers of the bullets! Now every murder can be solved in seconds!
Piracy? Arrest the people who run the electric company! After all, they provide the power that runs the computers those pirates use!
Or, even better, go and arrest the managers of the FOOD STORES. After all, if they didn't sell food to pirates and criminals, they'd starve to death!
OH..and arresting the food managers will have an unexpected bonus...we'll starve terrorists to death at the same time!
Does this sound ridiculous? Seems to me that it's exactly what's going on! See, many things can be used for both legal and illegal purposes. Banning them JUST BECAUSE the potential of illegal use exists is purley asanine, yet it's already happening now.....
Customers can register for the voluntary program by presenting a drivers license, an index finger and a method of payment -- either credit card, debit card or electronic check.
I wonder if they return the customer's finger when they're finished with it.
THAT would be the coolest thing to ever happen. Since OS/X is based in unix, I can see no reason that it can't port to the Intel (PC) platform. Many here say that the Mac platform is what people want over Windows...and I happen to agree with them. OSX on intel would be the best of all worlds...Cheap hardware, a bulletproof OS and a bundle of money for Apple.
Oh wait...that's already taken by Battleship Galactica in the future...or was that in the past...OH it must have been in the past, 'cause Erin Moran isn't a babe any more..
Beede Beede beede!
Radiated field works by the square of the EIRP.That is, to double the field, you need to 4X the power. Therefore, reducing the power to 1/4 of what it was exactly halves the field
(-6db). They probably could make this up with a good, low noise (GaS FET) receive preamp.
The worst thing it does is reduce their fade margin by 6 db as well. By the way, I know of many companies that routinely get 50-100 mile shots using the 5 gig unlicensed band and 10 foot dishes.
They call this value. Phish is using a marketing philosophy that literally goes back to the beginning of time: Treat your customers with respect and they'll contine to be your customers.
See, despite what Hilary Rosen would have you believe, music fans WANT to support musicians. See, people make music for the following reasons (in order): 1. Because they love to. 2. Because they love others to enjoy their music. and finally, 3 To make a living. This is why there's so many garage bands; most of them are happy to make a few bucks playing a wedding, and they have real jobs during the week....like writing code for example. Phish realizes this and says to their fans: for short money we'll give you honest VALUE. Putting it simply, they treat their fans (customers) with respect. Also, consider that most of the 10 bucks you pay goes straight to Phish. Everybody wins...well almost everybody. The music INDUSTRY doesn't win. But remember, they don't make music all they do is distribute it. Their motivation is ONLY #3: to make money. Also, they don't respect their customers. In fact, they publically call their customers THIEVES. Is it no wonder that nobody likes them back?
Congress runs things, not the FCC. If you need proof, just look at low power FM (LPFM).
LPFM was adopted by the FCC in 1999 and looked to completely change the radio landscape, which by then was dominated by a few companies. What happened? Those companies along with the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) lobbied Congress, who responded with: (get this) "The Radio Preservation Act of 2001". This Act, in the interest of "preserving radio" essentially KILLED 90% of the LPFM's that could have been. It ordered the FCC to neuter LPFM to virtually nothing.
If you don't think that Congress wouldn't do this to HDTV, think again. The MPAA and RIAA have OUR lawmakers in their back pockets!
"After much wrangling among attorneys over the definition of the word "willful," the judge told jurors that in order to find the company guilty, they must agree that company representatives knew their actions were illegal and intended to violate the law. Merely offering a product that could violate copyrights was not enough to warrant a conviction, the jury instructions said.
That thud you heard was me fainting!
It goes even deeper then that!
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Have you seen the ads on TV: "This is Mary. This is Mary's nickel bag of Pot. This is Mary's dealer. This is Osama binLaden. Mary's dealer buys his quarter pounds from Osama."
The govt. is trying to connect EVERYTHING to terrorism! They want control over EVERYTHING...and they're doing it in the name of 'protecting' us!
The propoganda machine is running full tilt 24/7.......
This would be the same military radar that wipes out most of the FM stations' 950 Mhz Studio transmitter links in San Francisco when ships sail into the harbor and forget to turn it off?
Or would this be the same military that insured the U.S. would have a second class digital radio service with no additional station possibilities for the next 50 years.
Or is it the same military radio that operates between TV channels 4 and 5 and wipes both of them out part of the time.
No wait...I remember now...it's the military that opeates wherever they want to WHENEVER they want to! That doesn't have to comply with FCC regulations like the rest of us. That could gie a f**k who they wipe out in the process of doing their thing....even if it causes their citizens' cancer (ever hear of 'PAVE PAWS"?).
THAT military!
This 'land grab' our Govt. is doing in the name of 'fighting terrorism' is beginning to both piss me off and scare me............
I think I remember reading about this company a couple of years ago. They had some 'revolutionary video transmission system' that turned out to be a hidden coax cable.
Does anyone else remember this?
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I mean, it's only a matter of time before our version of Hitler's 'SS' show up here...with 'HS' (Homeland Security) on their lapels. Think it can't happen? I'll bet that the citizens of Germany in the 1930's thought that too. We have unchecked paranoia in this country..and that's very dangerous, especially when the Government is using it to control its citizens.
Think this is a done deal? Think again. It's Congress who controls everything..and they're firmly in the back pocket of the MPAA..who (by the way) reported another record year at the box office (2002 was up over 12% from 2001's record year!). Hmmm...I guess that piracy is ruining the industry, huh? That's why they only earned over 9 BILLION last year!
"The gas tax would remain in effect. In paying the new tax, drivers would get credit for gas tax paid." This is a way to get MORE money! Get real..how long do you think they'll get credit? One year? Two years? Certainly not more then that! This is another law like the seat belt law. They slide it in under the voter's nose by saying: "It's only 15 bucks and we won't enforce it unless you get stopped for something else" Well, guess what? Here in CA that lasted about 3 years. Now it's 35 bucks and they CAN pull you over just for not wearing a set belt! This is how Govt. works. Crack the door open an inch for them and the next thing you know there IS no door!
1 Dow contaminates the soil. 2 The women scoop up the souil that DOW HAS CONTAMINATED and brings it back to Dow. 3 Dow sues the women for returing the soil that THEY (Dow) contaminated. And you think that Dow's right here? Expect to get a call form ther president offering you a job, 'cause you're no better then him!
"We are being portrayed as a heartless giant which doesn't care about the 20,000 lives lost due to Bhopal over the years," said Dow President and CEO Michael D. Parker. "But this just isn't true. Many individuals within Dow feel tremendous sorrow about the Bhopal disaster, and many individuals within Dow would like the corporation to admit its responsibility, so that the public can then decide on the best course of action, as is appropriate in any democracy. "Unfortunately, we have responsibilities to our shareholders and our industry colleagues that make action on Bhopal impossible. And being clear about this has been a very big step." This Parker guy is truly evil. He has no conflict whatsoever about what he's doing . He even admits it within his comments. "Many others" might be outraged that Dow is responsible for the deaths and suffering of thousands and thousands of people, but not Mr. Parker! The fact then Dow is (then) able to use the DMCA to cut off discussion of their nightmarish deeds gives the perfect example of why this evil law needs to be overturned.... NOW!!!
http://www.brook.edu/gs/brown/bc_report/2000/matha chieve1.htm
This perfectly illustrates how bad things have gotten technology wise in the U.S. People stick their heads in the sand and say over and over like a mantra: "The U.S. leads the world in technology". Well, bucko, it hasn't been so for quite a while!....AND let me clue you into something: Unless the education system and the corporate structures change here in the U.S. of A, it's gonna get worse. Much worse. Right now, Americans have one of the worst education systems in the world. Even Canada, who we like to put down as being scrawny, kicks our ass in terms of the numbers of literate people coming out of schools today. The same is true in most European countries and Japan, and yes even in places like India. Add to this the corporate attitude here that the next quarter's 'guidance' is all the matters, and you have the recipe for failure. And failure is what's happening. Look at the examples. The U.S. developed the Internet, yet who has more computers per capita and a better infrascructure? South Korea. What country has had computers and the net in all their schools for years? Canada. Yet here we pat each other on the back because we might have half the schools wired by 2005. We're pathetic. Another big problem here is the politics here. We truly believe that we're the world's Police Department, so we spend large fortunes on military hardware instead of food and health care and education for our kids. All the Patriot missles and bombs in the world won't help us in the future. Our future is our children and we'd better well start worrying about feeding, clothing, keeping them healthy and educating them well then making more bombs.
We all know that Bush and his cronies want to set the clock back 50 years. After all, the last time that the president and both houses of Congress were republican was then - In the Eisenhower administration. Do you really think the whole Trent Lott fiasco was because he "misspoke himself"? Fact is, he just got too cocky...but you notice that it took Bush a long time and a lot of hot water before he distanced himself from Lotto. Besides, daddy Bush is running the country, with help from old buddy: "dickie boy" Cheney.
Let's be conservative and say there's 10,000 flights worldwide a day. I know there's probably that many at the two Chicago airports combined, but remember we're being conservative. This means if it coast $80,000 for one of these diversions and there's one a day, then for these 10,000 flights it cost 8 bucks a flight. This is hardly a major expense for the airlines; we're talking pocket change here.
What a GREAT IDEA for law enforcement!! See, now they don't have to investigate murders any more, just go and arrest the manufacturers of the bullets! Now every murder can be solved in seconds! Piracy? Arrest the people who run the electric company! After all, they provide the power that runs the computers those pirates use! Or, even better, go and arrest the managers of the FOOD STORES. After all, if they didn't sell food to pirates and criminals, they'd starve to death! OH..and arresting the food managers will have an unexpected bonus...we'll starve terrorists to death at the same time! Does this sound ridiculous? Seems to me that it's exactly what's going on! See, many things can be used for both legal and illegal purposes. Banning them JUST BECAUSE the potential of illegal use exists is purley asanine, yet it's already happening now.....
Customers can register for the voluntary program by presenting a drivers license, an index finger and a method of payment -- either credit card, debit card or electronic check. I wonder if they return the customer's finger when they're finished with it.
THAT would be the coolest thing to ever happen. Since OS/X is based in unix, I can see no reason that it can't port to the Intel (PC) platform.
Many here say that the Mac platform is what people want over Windows...and I happen to agree with them. OSX on intel would be the best of all worlds...Cheap hardware, a bulletproof OS and a bundle of money for Apple.
Oh wait...that's already taken by Battleship Galactica in the future...or was that in the past...OH it must have been in the past, 'cause Erin Moran isn't a babe any more.. Beede Beede beede!
The ones that gave us Karaoke, sushi and motherboards with vacuum tubes. Now we have a bowling ball computer!
It would insure that China be f**krd up for the next 30 years...
Radiated field works by the square of the EIRP.That is, to double the field, you need to 4X the power. Therefore, reducing the power to 1/4 of what it was exactly halves the field (-6db). They probably could make this up with a good, low noise (GaS FET) receive preamp. The worst thing it does is reduce their fade margin by 6 db as well. By the way, I know of many companies that routinely get 50-100 mile shots using the 5 gig unlicensed band and 10 foot dishes.
They call this value. Phish is using a marketing philosophy that literally goes back to the beginning of time: Treat your customers with respect and they'll contine to be your customers. See, despite what Hilary Rosen would have you believe, music fans WANT to support musicians. See, people make music for the following reasons (in order): 1. Because they love to. 2. Because they love others to enjoy their music. and finally, 3 To make a living. This is why there's so many garage bands; most of them are happy to make a few bucks playing a wedding, and they have real jobs during the week....like writing code for example. Phish realizes this and says to their fans: for short money we'll give you honest VALUE. Putting it simply, they treat their fans (customers) with respect. Also, consider that most of the 10 bucks you pay goes straight to Phish. Everybody wins...well almost everybody. The music INDUSTRY doesn't win. But remember, they don't make music all they do is distribute it. Their motivation is ONLY #3: to make money. Also, they don't respect their customers. In fact, they publically call their customers THIEVES. Is it no wonder that nobody likes them back?
Use Mozilla or Phoenix or Netscape 7.1 and turn them off. Probolem solved!
Congress runs things, not the FCC. If you need proof, just look at low power FM (LPFM). LPFM was adopted by the FCC in 1999 and looked to completely change the radio landscape, which by then was dominated by a few companies. What happened? Those companies along with the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) lobbied Congress, who responded with: (get this) "The Radio Preservation Act of 2001". This Act, in the interest of "preserving radio" essentially KILLED 90% of the LPFM's that could have been. It ordered the FCC to neuter LPFM to virtually nothing. If you don't think that Congress wouldn't do this to HDTV, think again. The MPAA and RIAA have OUR lawmakers in their back pockets!
I used to have a Pioneer stereo receiver. It was so weak that it sounded like it was past Pluto too....from the other side of my bedroom!
and this fact has been known since the beginning of humanity.....
"After much wrangling among attorneys over the definition of the word "willful," the judge told jurors that in order to find the company guilty, they must agree that company representatives knew their actions were illegal and intended to violate the law. Merely offering a product that could violate copyrights was not enough to warrant a conviction, the jury instructions said. That thud you heard was me fainting!
Have you seen the ads on TV: "This is Mary. This is Mary's nickel bag of Pot. This is Mary's dealer. This is Osama binLaden. Mary's dealer buys his quarter pounds from Osama." The govt. is trying to connect EVERYTHING to terrorism! They want control over EVERYTHING...and they're doing it in the name of 'protecting' us! The propoganda machine is running full tilt 24/7.......
This would be the same military radar that wipes out most of the FM stations' 950 Mhz Studio transmitter links in San Francisco when ships sail into the harbor and forget to turn it off? Or would this be the same military that insured the U.S. would have a second class digital radio service with no additional station possibilities for the next 50 years. Or is it the same military radio that operates between TV channels 4 and 5 and wipes both of them out part of the time. No wait...I remember now...it's the military that opeates wherever they want to WHENEVER they want to! That doesn't have to comply with FCC regulations like the rest of us. That could gie a f**k who they wipe out in the process of doing their thing....even if it causes their citizens' cancer (ever hear of 'PAVE PAWS"?). THAT military! This 'land grab' our Govt. is doing in the name of 'fighting terrorism' is beginning to both piss me off and scare me............
I think I remember reading about this company a couple of years ago. They had some 'revolutionary video transmission system' that turned out to be a hidden coax cable. Does anyone else remember this?