I agree that we need to finish the job and even though I've always been opposed to the invasion of Iraq I know we need to finish the job now. In fact, I think we ought to be sending more troops in to ensure that we can actually win the thing. What I'm arguing against is the refrain of the Bush camp and all it's servile followers that there must be no criticism of the administration or the war while our troops are there.
This is the hallmark of the Bush administration's way of doing things. Cause a bloody mess and then deflect all criticism by saying "we are in a crisis here... this is no time for criticism".
If you listened to Bush's speeches before the war we were spoosedly going after WMDs... once it was obvious that there are no WMDs suddenly the tune changed and it was all about liberating the iraqi people from Saddam. From Bush's pre-war speeches American troops were going to be welcomed as liberators with people lining the streets and throwing flowers. Don't blame the people for having rosy expectations and then wanting to end the occupation when things haven't quite worked out as promised.
Your analogies to building post-WWII Europe and Japan are flawed because people knew what they were getting into. If Bush had told the people that we were going there to "liberate" the Iraqi people and spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on it, I suspect people would have decided that we have other priorities.
Attitudes you call "defeatist" may lose the battle against the insurgency in Iraq right now, but with attitudes like your we'll keep getting ourselves in situations like these over and over again.
Oh you're right. Reflective technologies can never have contrast ratios that are as good as luminiscent technologies like ink and paper. Oh wait never mind. Those are reflective too.
No kidding about not sharing their billions with their employees... you're probably aware that Microsoft grades their employees' performance on a bell curve and pay raises depend on where you sit on the bell curve... one of my friends was ranked in the top 10% bracket and received a 1.5% pay increase in return. Given that the inflation rate last year was about 3.5%, that really amounts to a 2% pay cut in return for being a top 10% employee.
It's not like the entire star turns to iron.... it's an extremely tiny fraction of the mass of the star that gets converted to heavier elements. Don't forget that the sun is not an especially large star, but it's mass is 168,334.136 times the mass of all the inner planets combined
And just why don't you think fusion can account for all the elements?
The higher distribution of heavy elements is not surprising at all... lighter elements easily escape the light gravity of the smaller planets. The gas giants, on the other hand hava a composition much more similar to stars.
All snopes claims is that this isn't a widespread phenomenon. Presumably different hotels have different policies, and it's entirely possible the the hotel mentioned here does it while others don't.
That's some pretty ridiculous math. Firstly, you're comparing their flash player to one that's completely non-equivalent, seeing how the iPods are made by a different company, have different features etc. If you compared it to an equivalent player by Toshiba that was powered by LiIon batteries, you might have been off to a reasonable start.
Then you're assuming that the weight of the device is going to grow by the same fraction... the batteries of most laptops form a much smaller fraction of the overall weight than do the batteries of small portable devices.
I still use "vi" everywhere... but I suspect emacs would do a better job."
Whoa! A self-confessed vi user suggesting that emacs may be better at some things? Clearly this one has had his mind tainted. Burn him alive before the infection spreads!
The other side of the coin is that casual visitors who notice a small error or have a small snippet of information to contribute are likely to contribute if they can just hit edit and be done with it. If they have to go through a lengthy registration process, they're pretty likely to say "ah screw this" and move on. If the registration process isn't lengthy it doesn't provide much protection from trolls anyway.
It doesn't give you absolute rights. When you license content, you as a consumer have certain rights too. That's precisely why copyright law has fair use provisions that prohibit copyright owners from denying licensees certain rights, and the media companies are circumventing those protections with technological measures.
I don't know what version of Gnome you're running, but I'm running 2.10, and applications most certainly don't steal focus if you've switched to a different application after clicking the icon.
Making big, dirty nuclear weapons is relatively easy. The challenge is making low-yeild ones that don't produce long-term radioactive fallout. Basically the "bunker busters" that Bush has been talking about.
Correct. If the cashier scans each itentical item, they're probably smart. Here's the "effort saving" alternative:
1. Look for identical items in the pile 2. Make sure they really are identical and don't have subtle differences (eg. different flavors) 3. Count them accurately 4. Can one item n times being certain that there is a beep after every scan 5. Move the n items out being certain not to accidentally sweep them in front of the scanner
Oh yes. It's quite clear what method a smart person would use
What would happen is that the record labels would lose a small source of revenue and apple would see their iPod sales (which account for something like 35% of their total revenue) decimated
Most likely other MP3 player makes will gleefuly jump on to fill in the void left my iTunes's demise, so Apple would be the only one burnt. Some shyster would also likely start a class-action suit against Apple on behalf of people who have bought iPods recently and suddenly don't have a source of music for them.
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If you don't want to, don't read it. Just because you don't want to doesn't mean that nobody wants to read it.
I agree that we need to finish the job and even though I've always been opposed to the invasion of Iraq I know we need to finish the job now. In fact, I think we ought to be sending more troops in to ensure that we can actually win the thing. What I'm arguing against is the refrain of the Bush camp and all it's servile followers that there must be no criticism of the administration or the war while our troops are there.
This is the hallmark of the Bush administration's way of doing things. Cause a bloody mess and then deflect all criticism by saying "we are in a crisis here... this is no time for criticism".
If you listened to Bush's speeches before the war we were spoosedly going after WMDs... once it was obvious that there are no WMDs suddenly the tune changed and it was all about liberating the iraqi people from Saddam. From Bush's pre-war speeches American troops were going to be welcomed as liberators with people lining the streets and throwing flowers. Don't blame the people for having rosy expectations and then wanting to end the occupation when things haven't quite worked out as promised.
Your analogies to building post-WWII Europe and Japan are flawed because people knew what they were getting into. If Bush had told the people that we were going there to "liberate" the Iraqi people and spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on it, I suspect people would have decided that we have other priorities.
Attitudes you call "defeatist" may lose the battle against the insurgency in Iraq right now, but with attitudes like your we'll keep getting ourselves in situations like these over and over again.
Oh you're right. Reflective technologies can never have contrast ratios that are as good as luminiscent technologies like ink and paper. Oh wait never mind. Those are reflective too.
No kidding about not sharing their billions with their employees... you're probably aware that Microsoft grades their employees' performance on a bell curve and pay raises depend on where you sit on the bell curve... one of my friends was ranked in the top 10% bracket and received a 1.5% pay increase in return. Given that the inflation rate last year was about 3.5%, that really amounts to a 2% pay cut in return for being a top 10% employee.
Reading friday's entry means you're still alive on friday.
It's not like the entire star turns to iron.... it's an extremely tiny fraction of the mass of the star that gets converted to heavier elements. Don't forget that the sun is not an especially large star, but it's mass is 168,334.136 times the mass of all the inner planets combined
And just why don't you think fusion can account for all the elements?
The higher distribution of heavy elements is not surprising at all... lighter elements easily escape the light gravity of the smaller planets. The gas giants, on the other hand hava a composition much more similar to stars.
All snopes claims is that this isn't a widespread phenomenon. Presumably different hotels have different policies, and it's entirely possible the the hotel mentioned here does it while others don't.
If they're the copyright holders or working on behalf of they copyright holders they don't need to
That's some pretty ridiculous math. Firstly, you're comparing their flash player to one that's completely non-equivalent, seeing how the iPods are made by a different company, have different features etc. If you compared it to an equivalent player by Toshiba that was powered by LiIon batteries, you might have been off to a reasonable start.
Then you're assuming that the weight of the device is going to grow by the same fraction... the batteries of most laptops form a much smaller fraction of the overall weight than do the batteries of small portable devices.
I still use "vi" everywhere... but I suspect emacs would do a better job."
Whoa! A self-confessed vi user suggesting that emacs may be better at some things? Clearly this one has had his mind tainted. Burn him alive before the infection spreads!
The other side of the coin is that casual visitors who notice a small error or have a small snippet of information to contribute are likely to contribute if they can just hit edit and be done with it. If they have to go through a lengthy registration process, they're pretty likely to say "ah screw this" and move on. If the registration process isn't lengthy it doesn't provide much protection from trolls anyway.
I suggest you google the term "fair use"
It doesn't give you absolute rights. When you license content, you as a consumer have certain rights too. That's precisely why copyright law has fair use provisions that prohibit copyright owners from denying licensees certain rights, and the media companies are circumventing those protections with technological measures.
Most people aren't arguing against the right to own information, but the DRM measures the companies are taking that deny you fair use.
I don't know what version of Gnome you're running, but I'm running 2.10, and applications most certainly don't steal focus if you've switched to a different application after clicking the icon.
Making big, dirty nuclear weapons is relatively easy. The challenge is making low-yeild ones that don't produce long-term radioactive fallout. Basically the "bunker busters" that Bush has been talking about.
Most slashdotters are also socially awkward and emotionally immature. The key, like most things in life is balance.
If the cashier scans each identical item...
Correct. If the cashier scans each itentical item, they're probably smart. Here's the "effort saving" alternative:
1. Look for identical items in the pile
2. Make sure they really are identical and don't have subtle differences (eg. different flavors)
3. Count them accurately
4. Can one item n times being certain that there is a beep after every scan
5. Move the n items out being certain not to accidentally sweep them in front of the scanner
Oh yes. It's quite clear what method a smart person would use
Then they're just the same as any of the hundreds of (way cheaper) MP3 players out there
What would happen is that the record labels would lose a small source of revenue and apple would see their iPod sales (which account for something like 35% of their total revenue) decimated
Most likely other MP3 player makes will gleefuly jump on to fill in the void left my iTunes's demise, so Apple would be the only one burnt. Some shyster would also likely start a class-action suit against Apple on behalf of people who have bought iPods recently and suddenly don't have a source of music for them.
While interracting with adults is important, I think interacting with your peers is even more important. Kids need to be kids.
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How exactly has he gotten away with it given that his assets have been siezed and he's sitting in jail?