The extremely irritating technicality here is not knowing for sure exactly with whom we are at war. We can't point with absolute certainty to a particular country, kingdom, tribe, criminal gang, or pirate ship and say that they are the enemy, and not that other country, kingdom, tribe, criminal gang, or pirate ship.
The outer shell of the Pentagon is mostly intact but apparently the fire has spread through the ventilation ducts and has yet to be stopped.
Interesting stuff I have heard here and there on the tube. It was built mostly of stone and masonry, saving the use of enough steel to build a battleship, which makes whatever of it that wasn't directly hit pretty good at absorbing vibration, but the part that was hit gave way more easily than it might have with a steel frame.
If the passengers on those planes had been armed they probably would have mostly shot each other in panic in the second or so before one or more of them managed to puncture the fuselage and depressurize the airplane. Besides, since nobody spotted the hijackers as terrorists until they acted, they would have been just as able as any other passenger to get on board packing heat. I'd prefer a solution that makes the survival of the passengers and the safe landing of the aircraft possible, and even probable.
Considering that Afghanistan hasn't had anything like a free press since at least the days of occupation by the Soviet Union, if ever, the average Afghan civilian probably gets very little information, correct or otherwise, that hasn't been spoon-fed to them by the the people in charge.
I don't believe I've ever been moderated as a troll before. I wonder exactly what the moderator thought I was trolling for, replies from skyscraper fans who think it's fine to be trapped 100 floors up?
Nice to see that the rumours of JWZ's death are still premature. (I started reading Slashdot *that* weekend in October '98.)
I use the smiley on infrequent occasion in posts to Slashdot when I can forsee the possiblilty of what I say being taken the wrong way, partly to avoid giving offence to someone who doesn't happen to be reading in the same tone of voice as that in which I am writing, and partly to forstall replies from enraged jerks and idiots.
But if someone you do business with sends you a bunch of Office 2000 files, can Office 97 or a clone of same handle the O2K files, or do you have to go buy Office 2000 to be able to continue to do business with the other party?
Sounds as though you were creating a non-rectangular table top. In a case like that, it's a good idea to do a mock-up with pink or blue foam insulation board. It's a 4 foot by 8 foot sheet (just like plywood but a lot cheaper), cuts a lot easier, is thick enough (half to three-quarters of an inch) that it won't "flop". You can put it where the table top is going to go, sit down at it and try it on for size (but don't expect it to hold your monitor up!!!), modify its shape with a utility knife (use duct tape to "cut it bigger"), and then when you have it the way you want it, use it as a template by which to cut the plywood.
Unsealed hardwood doesn't really need to be submerged either.
We're talking about building utilitarian furniture here, not submarine hulls.
Stuff that's basically wood that's been ground up and glued together tends to puff up when it gets too wet, which is mostly an appearance problem, but "real wood", in addition to costing more and requiring more time and care in selection in the first place, often reacts to too much exposure to moisture by moving away from straight and flat--it warps. It also expands and contracts to a greater degree with normal changes in humidity.
Don't get me wrong, I like "real wood", mostly for its looks, although sometimes for its workability (its more fun to plane wood than belt sand the manufactured stuff), but if you're going to slap paint or laminate on it, and you want it to retain its original size and shape as much as possible, one of the "manufactured" products may very well be your best combination of price and performance.
The Xbox may be hackable, but the Home Station will likely be set up so that you have to subscribe, i.e., give MS your credit card number and agree to 1 or more years worth of monthly payments, with a substantial penalty for early termination, the way that cell phone companies do when you get a "free" phone when you sign up for service, so that the combined cost will make it uneconomical to buy the HS just for the hardware, and they'll probably do their very best to make the HS hardware unusable for anything except a doorstop without the Microsoft sold content. I'm sure that MS has taken notice of what's happened to other companies that took a loss on hardware that they expected to make up on subscriptions or whatever, only to discover that they shouldn't have sold the razor without getting a signed contract for a year or two worth of blades.
Yeah, nothing quite so improves the public transportation experience as a train, bus, or trolley car full of drunks.:-)
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"Actually there are some that would say the ability to travel is a right using the common vechicle of the day."
You can legally travel by motor vehicle drunk or sober, you just can't legally be the operator of said vehicle if you're drunk or aren't licensed as a motor vehicle operator. In that case you can hire a driver or take a cab. Can't afford it? Well, you've got a right of free speech and to publish, but you don't get a government grant for a printing press, and your right to bear arms doesn't include a federal shotgun buying subsidy.
"We own the airwaves, and the government leases them out for fixed periods on our behalf."
Except that they aren't really leased (which is what they should do instead of auctioning spectrum off to private ownership *forever*). Broadcasters may pay certain fees to the FCC ( and fines if they screw up), but the FCC doesn't even begin to collect enough money to be self-supporting in their job of managing the airwaves on behalf of the public. A license to transmit is a license to print money.
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The extremely irritating technicality here is not knowing for sure exactly with whom we are at war.
We can't point with absolute certainty to a particular country, kingdom, tribe, criminal gang, or pirate ship and say that they are the enemy, and not that other country, kingdom, tribe, criminal gang, or pirate ship.
What a shame you couldn't have been right there on the scene to experience it as up close and personal as possible.
Interesting stuff I have heard here and there on the tube. It was built mostly of stone and masonry, saving the use of enough steel to build a battleship, which makes whatever of it that wasn't directly hit pretty good at absorbing vibration, but the part that was hit gave way more easily than it might have with a steel frame.
If the passengers on those planes had been armed they probably would have mostly shot each other in panic in the second or so before one or more of them managed to puncture the fuselage and depressurize the airplane. Besides, since nobody spotted the hijackers as terrorists until they acted, they would have been just as able as any other passenger to get on board packing heat. I'd prefer a solution that makes the survival of the passengers and the safe landing of the aircraft possible, and even probable.
Considering that Afghanistan hasn't had anything like a free press since at least the days of occupation by the Soviet Union, if ever, the average Afghan civilian probably gets very little information, correct or otherwise, that hasn't been spoon-fed to them by the the people in charge.
I was impressed that Slashdot and the internet in general did as well as they did yesterday considering the no doubt unprecedented load and traffic.
I don't believe I've ever been moderated as a troll before. I wonder exactly what the moderator thought I was trolling for, replies from skyscraper fans who think it's fine to be trapped 100 floors up?
Skyscrapers are really a stupid idea. Even the neat art deco looking ones.
The UN was evacuated as a security precaution.
Just as well. We could do with a couple of days without hearing anything going boom.
or go try to buy gasoline.
the problem was the way you phrased it.
I use the smiley on infrequent occasion in posts to Slashdot when I can forsee the possiblilty of what I say being taken the wrong way, partly to avoid giving offence to someone who doesn't happen to be reading in the same tone of voice as that in which I am writing, and partly to forstall replies from enraged jerks and idiots.
But if someone you do business with sends you a bunch of Office 2000 files, can Office 97 or a clone of same handle the O2K files, or do you have to go buy Office 2000 to be able to continue to do business with the other party?
Yes, you will need a megaphone and a bigger bullwhip.
Did you mean to say fight instead of flight?
Sounds as though you were creating a non-rectangular table top. In a case like that, it's a good idea to do a mock-up with pink or blue foam insulation board. It's a 4 foot by 8 foot sheet (just like plywood but a lot cheaper), cuts a lot easier, is thick enough (half to three-quarters of an inch) that it won't "flop". You can put it where the table top is going to go, sit down at it and try it on for size (but don't expect it to hold your monitor up!!!), modify its shape with a utility knife (use duct tape to "cut it bigger"), and then when you have it the way you want it, use it as a template by which to cut the plywood.
We're talking about building utilitarian furniture here, not submarine hulls.
Stuff that's basically wood that's been ground up and glued together tends to puff up when it gets too wet, which is mostly an appearance problem, but "real wood", in addition to costing more and requiring more time and care in selection in the first place, often reacts to too much exposure to moisture by moving away from straight and flat--it warps. It also expands and contracts to a greater degree with normal changes in humidity.
Don't get me wrong, I like "real wood", mostly for its looks, although sometimes for its workability (its more fun to plane wood than belt sand the manufactured stuff), but if you're going to slap paint or laminate on it, and you want it to retain its original size and shape as much as possible, one of the "manufactured" products may very well be your best combination of price and performance.
The Xbox may be hackable, but the Home Station will likely be set up so that you have to subscribe, i.e., give MS your credit card number and agree to 1 or more years worth of monthly payments, with a substantial penalty for early termination, the way that cell phone companies do when you get a "free" phone when you sign up for service, so that the combined cost will make it uneconomical to buy the HS just for the hardware, and they'll probably do their very best to make the HS hardware unusable for anything except a doorstop without the Microsoft sold content. I'm sure that MS has taken notice of what's happened to other companies that took a loss on hardware that they expected to make up on subscriptions or whatever, only to discover that they shouldn't have sold the razor without getting a signed contract for a year or two worth of blades.
I didn't say pictures of the models.
Apparently they really do let just any old crack head moderate, and a lot sooner than before as well.
Yeah, nothing quite so improves the public transportation experience as a train, bus, or trolley car full of drunks. :-)
You can legally travel by motor vehicle drunk or sober, you just can't legally be the operator of said vehicle if you're drunk or aren't licensed as a motor vehicle operator. In that case you can hire a driver or take a cab. Can't afford it? Well, you've got a right of free speech and to publish, but you don't get a government grant for a printing press, and your right to bear arms doesn't include a federal shotgun buying subsidy.
I'd rather sniff the models, as long as I get to choose the catalog.
Except that they aren't really leased (which is what they should do instead of auctioning spectrum off to private ownership *forever*). Broadcasters may pay certain fees to the FCC ( and fines if they screw up), but the FCC doesn't even begin to collect enough money to be self-supporting in their job of managing the airwaves on behalf of the public. A license to transmit is a license to print money.