George McGovern: 35 missions flying B-24s Ronald Reagan: sunning in Hollywood George Bush: guarding the skies of Texas John Kerry: gunboat on the Mekong
that a huge asteroid was heading for earth, because I was working on my secret subspace deflector beam in the garage, and I could have easily moved it into another dimension and saved us all a lot of finger-pointing. But becuae you decided to keep it a big secret like a little schoolboy, I didn't go get the last part I needed at the mall Radio Shack and went to see the Matix sequel instead. Now the sun is blotted out for a hundred years and we are all fucked. Thanks a lot.
Redesign the main fuel tank so the insulation is on the inside. Build in the capability to warm the outside skin to prevent ice buildup. No falling insulation, no falling ice.
At first glance (not first post) off-topic, but give me a second. The action of a chemical that kills intestinal parasites, eg, worms, is called anthelmintic. With apologies to Dave Barry and his IP claim to it, wouldn't Anthelmintic be an excellent name for a company that sold anti-worm technology?
Gee, I hate to interrupt this anecdotal exchange with some facts, but the state and local tax burden per capita in MA was 39th out of the 50 states in 2002.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/statelocal02.html
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The guy who got one in the eye was hit by an apple. So that was shot from an apfelkanone, right?
Congress is the only body that can declare that a state of war exists. All other actions by the President are use of military force at his discretion as Commander-in-Chief. But it is not war, and do not cheapen the term by using it so.
The Navy tried this using the USS Philadelphia, but the field was too strong, and the ship disappeared. It came back later filled with drunken Eagles fans.
Why don't we change the law so that everyone is protected for - say - 75 years? After that, if you want to keep your copyright on a cartoon mouse/duck/monster or a still-popular novel, you can pay maybe $100,000 per year for continued coverage. That way, Disney can keep Mickey and the public can have access to more obscure works.
You see little difference between the groups because the cream has been skimmed off before the pool of candidates replies to your job opening posts. In the hard sciences, if I am running a lab at DuPont and I have a job opening, I pick up the phone and call my connections to see which academic groups have people who are about finished and fit my needs. These people get interviewed and one gets hired without the job opening ever getting publicized. It's like your NFL team only having draft picks starting in the fifth round. You'd think then that Miami and Toledo are equivalent programs.
To compare the eventual Ph.D. production of whole institutions is misleading in the case of MIT. MIT is hevily weighted towards the engineering degrees, unlike the liberal arts schools like Mudd or Reed. In engineering, the BS is the terminal degree. These people get snapped up and put right to work. They don't need to get an advanced degree. A better comparison would be of chemistry departments, say, where one must get a doctorate to avoid being just a lab servant.
My first reaction is: why? Why not just be a vegetarian? Hell, millions of Indians are, and they seem to be doing okay, building supercomputers and hand-held computing devices like gangbusters. We need less saturated fat, not an uberexpensive supply of it.
My second reaction is that astronauts should be eating no meat, anyway. Those of you who remember how the diaper smell went from interestingly aromatic to puke-inducing as soon as the baby started to eat meat will want your space station comrades to stick with the rice and lentils and a side of naan.
I see your point, but on the other hand, do you want to fly around in planes designed by engineers who passed classes by getting partial credit on their answers?
Lots of lab equipment suppliers sell waterproof lab notebooks made from polyproplyene paper. I bought a ream of the loose stuff several years ago that I cut into small squares and use as labels on bottles that might get wet on storage in freezers. The paper looks like the pulp-based stuff, but you can't feed it throught a laser printer or copier or it will melt on the hot roller.
It's a wonder that the Wright Brothers were able to take off and not hit any other aircraft, seeing as how almost every other white male in Christendom was up in the air in his own invention before they left the sand.
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We should bear in mind whenever we are tempted to think that the next big thing - be it the telegraph, the telephone, intercontinental air travel, the internet, or whatever paradigm-buster de jure the media machine jams into our attention - will make us smarter/more compassionate/more productive/etc. that we are basically still cavemen. We may have wireless wearable computers, but we will as a whole use them the same way we used wooden clubs - to get women, food, and power.
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you identified lack of courage with liberals
George McGovern: 35 missions flying B-24s
Ronald Reagan: sunning in Hollywood
George Bush: guarding the skies of Texas
John Kerry: gunboat on the Mekong
You ask me, I want a liberal in my foxhole.
that a huge asteroid was heading for earth, because I was working on my secret subspace deflector beam in the garage, and I could have easily moved it into another dimension and saved us all a lot of finger-pointing. But becuae you decided to keep it a big secret like a little schoolboy, I didn't go get the last part I needed at the mall Radio Shack and went to see the Matix sequel instead. Now the sun is blotted out for a hundred years and we are all fucked. Thanks a lot.
Redesign the main fuel tank so the insulation is on the inside. Build in the capability to warm the outside skin to prevent ice buildup. No falling insulation, no falling ice.
You are assuming that the virus brings all its tools with it. What if, as a biological virus does, the virus comes in and uses existing tools?
At first glance (not first post) off-topic, but give me a second. The action of a chemical that kills intestinal parasites, eg, worms, is called anthelmintic. With apologies to Dave Barry and his IP claim to it, wouldn't Anthelmintic be an excellent name for a company that sold anti-worm technology?
Gee, I hate to interrupt this anecdotal exchange with some facts, but the state and local tax burden per capita in MA was 39th out of the 50 states in 2002.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/statelocal02.html
The guy who got one in the eye was hit by an apple. So that was shot from an apfelkanone, right?
you mean I can get out of this chair?
Congress is the only body that can declare that a state of war exists. All other actions by the President are use of military force at his discretion as Commander-in-Chief. But it is not war, and do not cheapen the term by using it so.
the RIAA. Ever put a CD in the microwave? Ms. Rosen will be putting these into a fleet of Ryder trucks and rolling out to the homes of Kazaa users.
I forget. Which Duke brother is vindicated by this observation?
The Navy tried this using the USS Philadelphia, but the field was too strong, and the ship disappeared. It came back later filled with drunken Eagles fans.
Why don't we change the law so that everyone is protected for - say - 75 years? After that, if you want to keep your copyright on a cartoon mouse/duck/monster or a still-popular novel, you can pay maybe $100,000 per year for continued coverage. That way, Disney can keep Mickey and the public can have access to more obscure works.
Leave it to M$ to get the Dick but not the Tracy.
All you out of staters /.ers get off the server!! I'm trying to sign up, dammit!!
You see little difference between the groups because the cream has been skimmed off before the pool of candidates replies to your job opening posts. In the hard sciences, if I am running a lab at DuPont and I have a job opening, I pick up the phone and call my connections to see which academic groups have people who are about finished and fit my needs. These people get interviewed and one gets hired without the job opening ever getting publicized. It's like your NFL team only having draft picks starting in the fifth round. You'd think then that Miami and Toledo are equivalent programs.
Yes, here in the colonies we have to join fraternaties and pretend to be poofs. So much jollier to grow up in the UK and actually be one.
To compare the eventual Ph.D. production of whole institutions is misleading in the case of MIT. MIT is hevily weighted towards the engineering degrees, unlike the liberal arts schools like Mudd or Reed. In engineering, the BS is the terminal degree. These people get snapped up and put right to work. They don't need to get an advanced degree. A better comparison would be of chemistry departments, say, where one must get a doctorate to avoid being just a lab servant.
My first reaction is: why? Why not just be a vegetarian? Hell, millions of Indians are, and they seem to be doing okay, building supercomputers and hand-held computing devices like gangbusters. We need less saturated fat, not an uberexpensive supply of it.
My second reaction is that astronauts should be eating no meat, anyway. Those of you who remember how the diaper smell went from interestingly aromatic to puke-inducing as soon as the baby started to eat meat will want your space station comrades to stick with the rice and lentils and a side of naan.
I see your point, but on the other hand, do you want to fly around in planes designed by engineers who passed classes by getting partial credit on their answers?
Old school disaster: data lost due to power surge, cracker attack, backup tape erasure, or three-alarm fire
New school disaster: data lost when tech sneezes, blowing rice-grain size multiterrabyte storage device into cracks between floor tiles
Lots of lab equipment suppliers sell waterproof lab notebooks made from polyproplyene paper. I bought a ream of the loose stuff several years ago that I cut into small squares and use as labels on bottles that might get wet on storage in freezers. The paper looks like the pulp-based stuff, but you can't feed it throught a laser printer or copier or it will melt on the hot roller.
How, for instance, will it protect me from the trolls, flames, and abuses of Anonymous Cowards?
It's a wonder that the Wright Brothers were able to take off and not hit any other aircraft, seeing as how almost every other white male in Christendom was up in the air in his own invention before they left the sand.
We should bear in mind whenever we are tempted to think that the next big thing - be it the telegraph, the telephone, intercontinental air travel, the internet, or whatever paradigm-buster de jure the media machine jams into our attention - will make us smarter/more compassionate/more productive/etc. that we are basically still cavemen. We may have wireless wearable computers, but we will as a whole use them the same way we used wooden clubs - to get women, food, and power.