... well it is more nuanced than that... he first said he would freeze constellation to butress education spending... he later changed his position once Florida came into play and he wanted to appeal to the space jobs there. So is this keeping or breaking a promise? I'm with those who believe his initial position was closer to his core beliefs and that his second position was more politically motivated.
The last time I was nearly run off the road by a driver who didn't give me the state-required 3 ft of clearance I looked up to see that it was a county sheriff's vehicle. *sigh*
We have similar problems with bike riders in Phoenix, which actually HAS bike lanes. I guess bikers are too insecure to ride in single file, I see packs of them on the weekends riding 4 and 5 deep, taking up half the right lane in their funny outfits, even with a clearly marked bike lane. They run stop lights, and dart out across traffic without hand signals.
Similar thing happened to me the other day... I was riding my bike in the right lane and a bunch of cars had the audacity to take up like the other 2/3 of the road! You do realize that bicycles are vehicles too and entitled to use most roads that cars are allowed to use. I bike and drive my commmute but by the numbers probably drive 50x more in milage each year than I bike. So my tax dollars should only go to fixing the roads for cars? You're right that the cyclists need to follow the laws with regard to stops and hand signals... did you know that if you run a stop sign on a bike you get the same ticket as if you were in a car and you get points against your DRIVERS license? In fact, you can LOOSE your drivers license for infractions on a bike. If you commit driving violations do they take away your bike?
Our star is in the second generation, so anyone around a first generation star had a head start of a few billion years.
But you're forgetting that those first generation stars would not have abundant "interesting" elements form which to both form life and conduct interesting experiments with. These elements are birthed during the late cycles of a star's life and hence would not have been available to a first gen star system.
In your typical Best Buy you can and will find people who with a bit of training could have become darn good developers and admins, but the best they can manage is working overtime for the Geek Squad to make ends meet. Explain that via personal decision-making.
Are you *seriously* comparing Geek Squad "skills" to being a adeveloper/admin? Seriously? Have you never seen a slashdot flamewar on the difference between IT support and CS?
While we Americans were sitting on our rears eating bon-bons, more Russians died than in all of America's wars combined fighting Adolph Hitler. Love them or hate them, forced by circumstances or not, the Russians did more to save Western Europe from Nazism than anyone else.
How's that? The fact that they suffered higher casualties does not at all correllate to their contribution to "saving Western Europe". Perhaps they suffered higher casualties because they were an inferior fighting force. Maybe if Stalin hadn't murdered the vast majority of his military leadership during the great purge from 1937-1938 then his armies would have faired better... from wikipedia:
"The purge of the army removed three of five marshals (then equivalent to six-star generals), 13 of 15 army commanders (then equivalent to four- and five-star generals), eight of nine admirals (the purge fell heavily on the Navy, who were suspected of exploiting their opportunities for foreign contacts[24]), 50 of 57 army corps commanders, 154 out of 186 division commanders, 16 of 16 army commissars, and 25 of 28 army corps commissars")
yeah...I'm sure that had nothing to do with their staggering losses...just a couple years later..
True they sacrificed more in terms of lives lost - but they were also fighting for their survival as a nation... if they were so interested in saving Western Europe then maybe that wouldn't have signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939 (complete with a secret pact collaborating with the Germans on carving up eastern Europe and the balatics).
An excellent point regarding Marbury vs. Madison but I'm not aware of any credible challenge to this. Of course, the Supreme Court has been known to change it's opinion due to course of time.
Actually - the law is not clear, which is why the Supreme Court has reviewed this issue multiple times. The Supreme Court has allowed the practice to contune through its decisions and actions (including rejecting the appeal of ACLU vs. NSA without comment). As they have the final say in interpretting US Law and the Constitution, I'd say you're wrong (or alternately the Supreme Court is wrong). Since the Supreme Court has in fact weighed in, it seems that for now at least *these* wiretaps are indeed legal.
Actually - if you'd ever listend to the show you'd know that the terms "ditto", "megaditto" and "dittohead" came to be from callers skipping the all-too-often-heard radio call-in introductorary remarks such as "I love your show", "long time listener", "i've tried many times to get on the air", etc with a shortened coined phrase. Early on in the show's history the tradition began to instead just say "dittos" at the beginning of the call and get on with it. Everyone assumes that it means that his followers simply follow blindly whatever he says. While there are surely many who fall into that category - that's not how the term came into being. Just fyi.
Maybe their lawyers are better mathematicians than the guys who did the polling and thats what they mean by "vindicate us"... oh nevermind...you're right.
Most of the coverage of this report thus far has been along the lines that NASA can not accomplish its goals within its available resources.
NASA gets slightly more than half of one percent (~00.6%) of the federal budget. Isn't it also worth debating if this is the right percentage of our tax dollars to spend on this endeavor and what other federal programs should be cut (or even taxes raised) to *properly* fund NASA?
You believe him? Next you are going to say that you believe him when he said that he always knew Luke and Leah were brothers and Vader as his father...
Lucas made it all up as he went and BSed that it was all part of a larger vision. Sure he may have had other story ideas and seen Star Wars in the context of a larger universe but with plot holes large enough to drive a Star Destroyer through one must conclude he was just being arrogant.
Death and thrash metal (including Slayer) are both incredibly intricate and demanding styles of music... but Slayer's compositions and playing ability are light years ahead of ANY popular music these days.
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... well it is more nuanced than that... he first said he would freeze constellation to butress education spending... he later changed his position once Florida came into play and he wanted to appeal to the space jobs there. So is this keeping or breaking a promise? I'm with those who believe his initial position was closer to his core beliefs and that his second position was more politically motivated.
The last time I was nearly run off the road by a driver who didn't give me the state-required 3 ft of clearance I looked up to see that it was a county sheriff's vehicle. *sigh*
Similar thing happened to me the other day... I was riding my bike in the right lane and a bunch of cars had the audacity to take up like the other 2/3 of the road! You do realize that bicycles are vehicles too and entitled to use most roads that cars are allowed to use. I bike and drive my commmute but by the numbers probably drive 50x more in milage each year than I bike. So my tax dollars should only go to fixing the roads for cars? You're right that the cyclists need to follow the laws with regard to stops and hand signals... did you know that if you run a stop sign on a bike you get the same ticket as if you were in a car and you get points against your DRIVERS license? In fact, you can LOOSE your drivers license for infractions on a bike. If you commit driving violations do they take away your bike?
no...the moral of the story is that Agent Smith was right!
If by "does nothing" you mean assuming the tax burden to pay for the health care of those who can't afford it...
I hear you... the sushi I make tastes great but looks horrible! I need sharper knives!
Our star is in the second generation, so anyone around a first generation star had a head start of a few billion years.
But you're forgetting that those first generation stars would not have abundant "interesting" elements form which to both form life and conduct interesting experiments with. These elements are birthed during the late cycles of a star's life and hence would not have been available to a first gen star system.
You say you are a microbiologist... have you ever heard of flash-freezing to kill parasites? I'm a pilot... have you ever heard of air cargo?
In your typical Best Buy you can and will find people who with a bit of training could have become darn good developers and admins, but the best they can manage is working overtime for the Geek Squad to make ends meet. Explain that via personal decision-making.
Are you *seriously* comparing Geek Squad "skills" to being a adeveloper/admin? Seriously? Have you never seen a slashdot flamewar on the difference between IT support and CS?
While we Americans were sitting on our rears eating bon-bons, more Russians died than in all of America's wars combined fighting Adolph Hitler. Love them or hate them, forced by circumstances or not, the Russians did more to save Western Europe from Nazism than anyone else.
How's that? The fact that they suffered higher casualties does not at all correllate to their contribution to "saving Western Europe". Perhaps they suffered higher casualties because they were an inferior fighting force. Maybe if Stalin hadn't murdered the vast majority of his military leadership during the great purge from 1937-1938 then his armies would have faired better... from wikipedia:
"The purge of the army removed three of five marshals (then equivalent to six-star generals), 13 of 15 army commanders (then equivalent to four- and five-star generals), eight of nine admirals (the purge fell heavily on the Navy, who were suspected of exploiting their opportunities for foreign contacts[24]), 50 of 57 army corps commanders, 154 out of 186 division commanders, 16 of 16 army commissars, and 25 of 28 army corps commissars")
yeah...I'm sure that had nothing to do with their staggering losses...just a couple years later..
True they sacrificed more in terms of lives lost - but they were also fighting for their survival as a nation... if they were so interested in saving Western Europe then maybe that wouldn't have signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939 (complete with a secret pact collaborating with the Germans on carving up eastern Europe and the balatics).
Indeed ... why anyone uses admin access on their day-to-day accounts is completely beyond me.
ummm... maybe they want to know if we have any ideas on how to find red balloons.
An excellent point regarding Marbury vs. Madison but I'm not aware of any credible challenge to this. Of course, the Supreme Court has been known to change it's opinion due to course of time.
After reading your post do you seriously expect us to believe you are in either category? Just sayin'! :)
Actually - the law is not clear, which is why the Supreme Court has reviewed this issue multiple times. The Supreme Court has allowed the practice to contune through its decisions and actions (including rejecting the appeal of ACLU vs. NSA without comment). As they have the final say in interpretting US Law and the Constitution, I'd say you're wrong (or alternately the Supreme Court is wrong). Since the Supreme Court has in fact weighed in, it seems that for now at least *these* wiretaps are indeed legal.
Actually - if you'd ever listend to the show you'd know that the terms "ditto", "megaditto" and "dittohead" came to be from callers skipping the all-too-often-heard radio call-in introductorary remarks such as "I love your show", "long time listener", "i've tried many times to get on the air", etc with a shortened coined phrase. Early on in the show's history the tradition began to instead just say "dittos" at the beginning of the call and get on with it. Everyone assumes that it means that his followers simply follow blindly whatever he says. While there are surely many who fall into that category - that's not how the term came into being. Just fyi.
Ah...but would that be Lawful evil or chaotic evil?
or better yet ask someone from Georgia,...
you forgot to mention that liberals are more likely to believe in ghosts
Maybe their lawyers are better mathematicians than the guys who did the polling and thats what they mean by "vindicate us" ... oh nevermind...you're right.
NASA gets slightly more than half of one percent (~00.6%) of the federal budget. Isn't it also worth debating if this is the right percentage of our tax dollars to spend on this endeavor and what other federal programs should be cut (or even taxes raised) to *properly* fund NASA?
it's not counter-intuitive to anyone who has studied gas dynamics.... they've rediscovered the "nozzle"
You believe him? Next you are going to say that you believe him when he said that he always knew Luke and Leah were brothers and Vader as his father... Lucas made it all up as he went and BSed that it was all part of a larger vision. Sure he may have had other story ideas and seen Star Wars in the context of a larger universe but with plot holes large enough to drive a Star Destroyer through one must conclude he was just being arrogant.
Death and thrash metal (including Slayer) are both incredibly intricate and demanding styles of music... but Slayer's compositions and playing ability are light years ahead of ANY popular music these days.
someone please mod parent "funny"
Except the article says "old Naval Observatory" which is about 2 miles from the new Naval Observatory where the VP lives.