According to Mike Godwin's letter, linked somewhere above, the foundation doesn't concern itself with Wikipedia review because there is no chance whatsoever that anyone reading Wikipedia Review would mistake it as a site affiliated with or operated by the foundation. And he's right.
Does your public library have a prominent gay porn section? Mine doesn't seem to, but maybe things are different where you are.
Mine doesn't either, when last I checked - but it does have nonfiction books that discuss it. It looks like all sorts of books dealing with homosexuality were removed, except for some notable anti-homosexuality texts (such as the aforementioned "Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality"). If the topic is too racy for amazon to sell or rank, fine - but the issue is when the topic is only too racy if the work disagrees with Amazon's stated position (which is apparently "Homosexuality is bad, mmm-kay").
I note also that works such as Mein Kempf are still ranked and available. Surely there are themes there that bear examination?
I think the point was that there are still American soldiers in harm's way, and that a story clearly intended to disrespect American soldiers (by noting the apparent torture tactics used on Saddam Hussein) is inappropriate.
So it's ok to disparage soldiers if they aren't being shot at?
A 9/11 simulator might be useful in mapping out how the impact and subsequent fires changed how people could (and did) escape the catastrophe. For example, if the plane hit just so, would all of the exit stairwells have been on fire, or was there one in a corner of the building that was still usable? How long would it have been useable? I can see architects looking at such simulations to better design means of escape for tall buildings - perhaps if this wall had been reinforced, the stairwell would have been usable and X dozens of people could have escaped.
Of course, this would have to be done without raping the memories of the fallen, which is never a given when the Federal Government is concerned.
It's simple - large masses such as the earth curve Spacetime. When the Delorean transits time, its path is bent by this natural curvature of spacetime. This serves to keep the time machine firmly rooted in position as related to that of the Earth, regardless of where (or when) it is at either the departure or destination times.
This would also mean that time travel between points not on or in orbit around a large mass would be impossible. So that bootleg script for Back to the Future Part IV: The Search for More Money is right out.
So let's list the problems here.
* No submitter - so we have no one to blame.
* Duplicate article - the launch was already well covered earlier in the week.
* Offensive - oppressive communist governments = lulz for som, but not for me, apparently.
This should be under Idle, since it's not really all that clever.
And, in some cases, that's precisely what they do for ties and whatnot. There is a city in Nevada that decides a tied election with a hand of 5-card Stud poker, highest hand wins.
I'll bet some intern at the original newspaper who posted this six-year-old article to the paper's website early on a hangover-laden Monday morning will take the fall for not copy-pasting the dateline. Poor kid.
What a resume-builder, though!
If NASA is unwilling to consider Jupiter as an alternative to Ares, then would there be private corporations willing to invest in what appears to be a good heavy-lift flight system? You might even find Russia or the ESA willing to purchase flights, either to service the ISS in the pre-Ares years, or to service an ISS v2, if and when. Pie in the Sky, perhaps, but I'm finding this to be an intriquing proposal, and it'd be a shame if it didn't end up flying.
My (catholic) high school had a set of procedures for this sort of thing. A former principal of the school was a priest named Father Schmidt, who had passed away about a decade prior. So, when they paged "Father Schmidt" to the office, it was a signal that there were hostages being taken somewhere in the building. We were to close and lock doors, kill lights, open windows, and huddle against an internal wall - presumably, so that we could be seen and counted from outside the building.
I remember one year, where they announced on Monday Morning that they would run the drill at some point on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. They paged, we hid, then police officers cleared each room and told us what a wonderful job we had done. That was that.
A planned drill is fine, these procedures should be rehearsed. But, what if one of these kids tried to be a hero? Someone really could have gotten hurt. These teachers need to be sacked, at the very lease.
Family cemeteries are fine in Ohio, so long as the decedent has a familiar relation to whomever is already buried in the cemetery, and so long as the owner does not receive any monetary compensation.
If personal appearance and the ability to show up at a given time are important to the position for which you're interviewing, wouldn't it make sense to disqualify applicants who don't meet those requirements?
Yes, it's a first impression - but isn't that what the interview itself is?
You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it's crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't, not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?
Unlikely... but I am surprised that Nintendo did not offer a free game or credit to get people using the service - maybe on the "Only the first one is free" principle.
Though Mr. Glenn's arguments are sound, they fail to take into account one of the most pressing reasons for a permanent moon base - China intends to build one in the next 12 years.
Though it smacks of the Cold War, could the president really allow a (communist) foreign power unlimited access to the moon?
Reactors such as these, if they are indeed safe for residential use, would go a long way towards preventing another regional blackout (like the one we enjoyed several months ago in the US). Decentralizing the power grid has always been a challenge, and this could make it simple - if it is indeed safe.
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According to Mike Godwin's letter, linked somewhere above, the foundation doesn't concern itself with Wikipedia review because there is no chance whatsoever that anyone reading Wikipedia Review would mistake it as a site affiliated with or operated by the foundation. And he's right.
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Mine doesn't either, when last I checked - but it does have nonfiction books that discuss it. It looks like all sorts of books dealing with homosexuality were removed, except for some notable anti-homosexuality texts (such as the aforementioned "Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality"). If the topic is too racy for amazon to sell or rank, fine - but the issue is when the topic is only too racy if the work disagrees with Amazon's stated position (which is apparently "Homosexuality is bad, mmm-kay").
I note also that works such as Mein Kempf are still ranked and available. Surely there are themes there that bear examination?
I think the point was that there are still American soldiers in harm's way, and that a story clearly intended to disrespect American soldiers (by noting the apparent torture tactics used on Saddam Hussein) is inappropriate.
So it's ok to disparage soldiers if they aren't being shot at?
...Which makes it more than ironic that he plays Scotty in an odd-numbered film. Maybe he'll get a chance to break the trend.
It's an odd-numbered film, so I'm thinking it would be more impressive. Uphill climb, and all that.
Where the hell does the Japanese guy get to go? I mean, when you gotta go, you gotta go.
A 9/11 simulator might be useful in mapping out how the impact and subsequent fires changed how people could (and did) escape the catastrophe. For example, if the plane hit just so, would all of the exit stairwells have been on fire, or was there one in a corner of the building that was still usable? How long would it have been useable? I can see architects looking at such simulations to better design means of escape for tall buildings - perhaps if this wall had been reinforced, the stairwell would have been usable and X dozens of people could have escaped.
Of course, this would have to be done without raping the memories of the fallen, which is never a given when the Federal Government is concerned.
It's simple - large masses such as the earth curve Spacetime. When the Delorean transits time, its path is bent by this natural curvature of spacetime. This serves to keep the time machine firmly rooted in position as related to that of the Earth, regardless of where (or when) it is at either the departure or destination times. This would also mean that time travel between points not on or in orbit around a large mass would be impossible. So that bootleg script for Back to the Future Part IV: The Search for More Money is right out.
So let's list the problems here. * No submitter - so we have no one to blame. * Duplicate article - the launch was already well covered earlier in the week. * Offensive - oppressive communist governments = lulz for som, but not for me, apparently. This should be under Idle, since it's not really all that clever.
And, in some cases, that's precisely what they do for ties and whatnot. There is a city in Nevada that decides a tied election with a hand of 5-card Stud poker, highest hand wins.
I'll bet some intern at the original newspaper who posted this six-year-old article to the paper's website early on a hangover-laden Monday morning will take the fall for not copy-pasting the dateline. Poor kid. What a resume-builder, though!
If NASA is unwilling to consider Jupiter as an alternative to Ares, then would there be private corporations willing to invest in what appears to be a good heavy-lift flight system? You might even find Russia or the ESA willing to purchase flights, either to service the ISS in the pre-Ares years, or to service an ISS v2, if and when. Pie in the Sky, perhaps, but I'm finding this to be an intriquing proposal, and it'd be a shame if it didn't end up flying.
And Here I am thinking it was the Department of Eyesight. Seemed rather logical, actually.
...except the old online-after-the-parents-go-to-bed trick.
...but Will it Blend?
That is the question.
The only person I saw saying that the event was an unqualified failure was Michael Pachter, the well-known games industry.
Didn't the games industry put the show on in the first place? Why did he bother if it was such a failure?
Point of order - did anyone see the expiration date on that domain name?
My (catholic) high school had a set of procedures for this sort of thing. A former principal of the school was a priest named Father Schmidt, who had passed away about a decade prior. So, when they paged "Father Schmidt" to the office, it was a signal that there were hostages being taken somewhere in the building. We were to close and lock doors, kill lights, open windows, and huddle against an internal wall - presumably, so that we could be seen and counted from outside the building.
I remember one year, where they announced on Monday Morning that they would run the drill at some point on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. They paged, we hid, then police officers cleared each room and told us what a wonderful job we had done. That was that.
A planned drill is fine, these procedures should be rehearsed. But, what if one of these kids tried to be a hero? Someone really could have gotten hurt. These teachers need to be sacked, at the very lease.
Family cemeteries are fine in Ohio, so long as the decedent has a familiar relation to whomever is already buried in the cemetery, and so long as the owner does not receive any monetary compensation.
If personal appearance and the ability to show up at a given time are important to the position for which you're interviewing, wouldn't it make sense to disqualify applicants who don't meet those requirements?
Yes, it's a first impression - but isn't that what the interview itself is?
You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it's crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't, not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?
Unlikely... but I am surprised that Nintendo did not offer a free game or credit to get people using the service - maybe on the "Only the first one is free" principle.
Though Mr. Glenn's arguments are sound, they fail to take into account one of the most pressing reasons for a permanent moon base - China intends to build one in the next 12 years. Though it smacks of the Cold War, could the president really allow a (communist) foreign power unlimited access to the moon?
Reactors such as these, if they are indeed safe for residential use, would go a long way towards preventing another regional blackout (like the one we enjoyed several months ago in the US). Decentralizing the power grid has always been a challenge, and this could make it simple - if it is indeed safe.