This may be less signficant thatn you think, especially if trauma plates are used. Take a look at the North Hollywood Shootout http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shoot out. These guys got hit many more than three times, and kept shooting away as if nothing happened. Scary stuff.
See, you have scientifically proven that Bush is a great American, trying to save this county from medical bankruptcy. I can see that you, to, love america.
... from history? If you read about Dr. Frankenstein, you will find that this medling in the unknown will lead to nothing but misery. I hope Bush veto's any work in this area.
You want me to believe that T-Mobile changed the contact for a single individual? Sorry, I do not believe this, unless you are talking about a corporate contract with 1000's of phones. I know this, because I just went through it with 150 phones, and they would not make any changes to the contract, other than the normal "fill in the blank" stuff.
Pulp Fiction fans will remember Christopher Walken's speech to the child of a man killed in World War II. His father had asked Walken's character to look after his watch when the two were captured and held in a Vietnamese prison camp. Wanting to keep the watch safe from the guards, "he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide somethin'"
WTF? This must have occured some time after the bombing of Berlin, when Ho Chi Min was assisting Hilter in shooting down B-52s, using equipment supplied by the USSR. Was someone sleeping through history class?
Smith 50, shaped charge. They are about the same thing. That thing is the RPG of revolvers. You know, a Smith 50 is the only thing Chuck Noris fears, as it is ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF SLIGHTLY ABRADING HIS SKIN! Aan airplane stands no chance.
Hey, give me a break:-). I said "allow." I, myself, am very much into living below your means (LBYM). That is why I also partially own (with partners) my own debt free company, abeit a bit smaller than craigs list (actually, we have twice the revenue, but are probably worth only 4%-6% of craigs list). I admire the corporate culture, very similiar to ours. We have made structural changes to our corporate bylaws and stock redemption agreement to essential ensure it can never go public. Instead, if we want to cash out, we have to groom younger employees to take our place. Drop me a private note and I would be happy to send you a real e-mail. God, this is an obnoxious post. Cheers,
The business cost essentially nothing to run, and is making reasonable profits to allow for the founder to live a lifestyle in excess of 99.99% of americans. Every year the market share grows, because who can compete with free? When he is ready to to sell out, the marketing "geniuses" on wallstreet will look at the number of page impressions, assume they can plaster the site with flash add and make BILLIONS. He will sell out for billions, and wallstreet will run the site into the ground. What's not to like?
Just so everyone understands, political systems can be simply examined by considering economic and social freedoms.
Leftist (US Democrat): Social freedom Yes, Economic Freedom No
Rightist(US Traditional Republican): Social Freedom No, Economic Freedom Yes
Fascist (Bush/Neoconservatives): Social freedom No, Economic Freedom No
Libertarian: Social freedom Yes, Economic Freedom Yes
IMHO Economic Freedom would include such things as low or no taxes, low or no deficit spending, elimination of corporate subsidies, minimal or no copyright and IP laws.
IMHO Social Freedom would include such things gay rights, limits on governmental surveillance of citizens, the right to abortions, open elections, open government, separation of government and religion.
by this list. No pron, no sugery sweet snacks, nothing that contributes to console games, no file sharing, etc. etc. Simply put, nothing that makes our civilization the wonder that it is.
Valid point when looking at the total tax burden. OTOH, keep in mind that states also tax capital gains. Also, those with large capital gains pay lots of employment taxes for servants, maids, yard boys and such:-).
Actually, according to this year's 1040 form, you can make about $82,000 and still pay only 15% in federal taxes (married filing jointly, standard deductions and exemptions with four people in the family). If you consider this next to nothing, you are living in a different world than me.
That is because climate change / EOTW predictions are falsafiable. In fact, as you imply, many have proven false, and the jury is out on the remainder.
Would you care to posit a test prediction which I, and everyone else on slashdot, can perform that would disprove the existance your Lord and Savior?
Making statements like this simply makes we want to ignore the rest of your interesting post:
"In fact, I believe war requires democracy."
Well, you believe wrong. This statement is factually false. Do you recall when Hitler's Germany attacked Stalin's USSR? No democracy there. How about Japan's invasion of China in the 1930's? Nope, no democracy there either. How about Iran vs Iraq in the 1980's? I even looked under the couch cushions and could not find a democracy. Japan vs. Russian (1905)? Chad vs. Libya (1980s)? Tibet vs. China (1950s)? Was Rome a democracy (Please!). How about Assyria or Baylon? Did Tamuralane run for office? What about Chingis Khan? How many more should I post before you change your evil ways?
... any information from a web site that calls stochimetric mixtures of oxygen and hydrogen "Brown's Gas" and claims that it "takes on the properties of what it is exposed to -- not in a physical reproduction, but in essence." Or try this gem: "When the electricity (in the Brown's Gas) is released by the 'flame,' it comes out as electricity and the water 'implodes' to it's original liquid form, with no heat and no expansion first. That's also why the flame is 'cool' yet has high energy effects." Yeah... right. Take a look at the "Gravity Motors" section. It is even funnier.
I guess I am being punished by my mechanical engineering background.
It is possible that there is some good information on this site (somewhere), but quite frankly I do not know what you would want to waste time separating the real information from the quackery.
That nothing. When Buckaroo Bonzai and I were working on our doctorate degrees at MIT in 1989 (it was my third), we made a tinker-toy and lego anti-satellite missile powered by coke cans that were shaken vigorously before launch. The missile rode a flashlight beam that was shone on the satellite using a tracking device modified from a Mattel EZ-bake oven. We did not consider this an evil prank as the warhead was a moon pie.
Unfortunately, we hit a secret Israeli spy satellite instead of the American commercial satellite that we intended to prank (it was broadcasting the Yale-Harvard game). Unfortunately, the Mossad was put on our trail. After we killed 5 Mossad agents in three hours of hand-to-hand combat on the Khumbu glacier, peace was negotiated, and we agreed to launch no more missiles. It was a wild ride.
Has anyone seen Buckaroo lately? Last I heard he was working on some transdimensional teleportation device.
At Texas A&M University (about 1984) in second semester calculus, I actually got counted off for deriving the trigometric substitutions rather than memorizing them. After complaining the the prof, I was given full credit. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
This is a false defense. If you choose to believe that God always has and always will exist, this is more unlikely than God springing into existance out of nowhere. It is still a crazy-stupid arguement on a rational basis. I like it much better when christians simply admit it is a matter of faith and does not have to make rational sense. That I can handle.
Actually, this will be easier to implement than you think, and effective also. The obvious next step will be to mandate that all Americans wear a device similar to Bose noise cancellation headphones. The headphones will pickup any acoustic IP, which will have a ID encoded into the sound. If your headphones do not carry the appropriate IP key to allow you to hear the song/movie/etc, the headphones will not allow you to hear the sound. The up side is that you can also tune out your wife and kids. Oh, wait, this is/., no one here has a wife or kids. Never mind about the upside.
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This may be less signficant thatn you think, especially if trauma plates are used. Take a look at the North Hollywood Shootout http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shoot out. These guys got hit many more than three times, and kept shooting away as if nothing happened. Scary stuff.
Read ... what is this thing? I have heard of it but am not familiar.
See, you have scientifically proven that Bush is a great American, trying to save this county from medical bankruptcy. I can see that you, to, love america.
... from history? If you read about Dr. Frankenstein, you will find that this medling in the unknown will lead to nothing but misery. I hope Bush veto's any work in this area.
You want me to believe that T-Mobile changed the contact for a single individual? Sorry, I do not believe this, unless you are talking about a corporate contract with 1000's of phones. I know this, because I just went through it with 150 phones, and they would not make any changes to the contract, other than the normal "fill in the blank" stuff.
Smith 50, shaped charge. They are about the same thing. That thing is the RPG of revolvers. You know, a Smith 50 is the only thing Chuck Noris fears, as it is ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF SLIGHTLY ABRADING HIS SKIN! Aan airplane stands no chance.
Hey, give me a break :-). I said "allow." I, myself, am very much into living below your means (LBYM). That is why I also partially own (with partners) my own debt free company, abeit a bit smaller than craigs list (actually, we have twice the revenue, but are probably worth only 4%-6% of craigs list). I admire the corporate culture, very similiar to ours. We have made structural changes to our corporate bylaws and stock redemption agreement to essential ensure it can never go public. Instead, if we want to cash out, we have to groom younger employees to take our place. Drop me a private note and I would be happy to send you a real e-mail. God, this is an obnoxious post. Cheers,
Culture
The business cost essentially nothing to run, and is making reasonable profits to allow for the founder to live a lifestyle in excess of 99.99% of americans. Every year the market share grows, because who can compete with free? When he is ready to to sell out, the marketing "geniuses" on wallstreet will look at the number of page impressions, assume they can plaster the site with flash add and make BILLIONS. He will sell out for billions, and wallstreet will run the site into the ground. What's not to like?
I think what you meant to say was that, socialism, as I define it, require democracy.
Leftist (US Democrat): Social freedom Yes, Economic Freedom No
Rightist(US Traditional Republican): Social Freedom No, Economic Freedom Yes
Fascist (Bush/Neoconservatives): Social freedom No, Economic Freedom No
Libertarian: Social freedom Yes, Economic Freedom Yes
IMHO Economic Freedom would include such things as low or no taxes, low or no deficit spending, elimination of corporate subsidies, minimal or no copyright and IP laws.
IMHO Social Freedom would include such things gay rights, limits on governmental surveillance of citizens, the right to abortions, open elections, open government, separation of government and religion.
Obviously, some nuances exist.
Disclosure: I hate Bush.
by this list. No pron, no sugery sweet snacks, nothing that contributes to console games, no file sharing, etc. etc. Simply put, nothing that makes our civilization the wonder that it is.
welcome our scientifically hyper-advanced islamic overlords! Allah Akbar!
Valid point when looking at the total tax burden. OTOH, keep in mind that states also tax capital gains. Also, those with large capital gains pay lots of employment taxes for servants, maids, yard boys and such :-).
Actually, according to this year's 1040 form, you can make about $82,000 and still pay only 15% in federal taxes (married filing jointly, standard deductions and exemptions with four people in the family). If you consider this next to nothing, you are living in a different world than me.
Would you care to posit a test prediction which I, and everyone else on slashdot, can perform that would disprove the existance your Lord and Savior?
Exactly.
My first suggestion would be to cut the computer time down to about 10 hours per day, no more than 8 at work and 2 at home.
RFTA and RTFP!
I guess I am being punished by my mechanical engineering background.
It is possible that there is some good information on this site (somewhere), but quite frankly I do not know what you would want to waste time separating the real information from the quackery.
Unfortunately, we hit a secret Israeli spy satellite instead of the American commercial satellite that we intended to prank (it was broadcasting the Yale-Harvard game). Unfortunately, the Mossad was put on our trail. After we killed 5 Mossad agents in three hours of hand-to-hand combat on the Khumbu glacier, peace was negotiated, and we agreed to launch no more missiles. It was a wild ride.
Has anyone seen Buckaroo lately? Last I heard he was working on some transdimensional teleportation device.
Beam riding missiles of the AA type ride RADAR beams, not laser beams. However, they are both types of eletromagnetic radiation.
At Texas A&M University (about 1984) in second semester calculus, I actually got counted off for deriving the trigometric substitutions rather than memorizing them. After complaining the the prof, I was given full credit. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
This is a false defense. If you choose to believe that God always has and always will exist, this is more unlikely than God springing into existance out of nowhere. It is still a crazy-stupid arguement on a rational basis. I like it much better when christians simply admit it is a matter of faith and does not have to make rational sense. That I can handle.
Actually, this will be easier to implement than you think, and effective also. The obvious next step will be to mandate that all Americans wear a device similar to Bose noise cancellation headphones. The headphones will pickup any acoustic IP, which will have a ID encoded into the sound. If your headphones do not carry the appropriate IP key to allow you to hear the song/movie/etc, the headphones will not allow you to hear the sound. The up side is that you can also tune out your wife and kids. Oh, wait, this is /., no one here has a wife or kids. Never mind about the upside.