92 Oldsmobile 88 royale. GM 3800 v-6 173,425 k miles. still runs like new, fast as hell (for non car geeks, that is the same motor in the firebird) and extremely comfortable. never done more than normal PM. nothing more fun than rolling up next to a lowered and stickered Honda with a teenager behind the wheel and handing him his ass when he tries to race.
US firms all think short term since all the stockholders care about is quick bucks. In the short run, in this country, litigation to protect patents and stifle competitors is always cheaper than innovation, however in the long run, US firms are up to get clobberd if they dont learn look beyond next quarter
no the US is going to figure out what killed seven of our astronoughts before we kill any more. Plus continue other projects into deeper space than the moon. I just love the way the comment is phrased. Bash us for our genuinly stupid foreign policy, you can point to good fodder with Bush and his "kill all brown people" policies without making up ways to poke the space program. But of course bashing the US for anything and everything is an internatial pastime, some of it well deservered. NASA however, is the least deserving of bashing.
I would love to see the code, just to see how many glaringly awful programming errors there are and find out where this is in the code:
do
x=rand(500)
if x mod 3 = 0 then
computer.bluescreen
while 1 !=2
OK, slow down for just a second. When it comes to banking this is a great idea. The bank already has your name, social, phone, and a miryad of other peices of personal information. This is all protected by a card and one or two pass-nums, or a checkbook. Both of which are very easily stolen, with lower-teir punishments. I'm sorry but since have only the choice of give the bank this data, or use nothing but cash all the time (plus never being able to use an interest-bearing savings account, invest, get a loan etc) I would much rather have it protected by my eye, which is attached to me, and to use illegially would involve either A. Armed Kiddnapping B. Serious assult (de-eyeing) C. Murder, all of which carry SUBSTANTIALLY stiffer penalties than pick-pocketing. There is no need for a tinfoil hat. This is not big brother spying on you. This is them giveing you a better lock and key to protect your data with.
just curious, how many peolpe saying "yay! MS sucks! I hate Bill! Its the evil empire!" Are typing from Internet Explorer, while listening to mp3's in WMP 9 on XP??
Why crach it into jupiter? Why not just send it out there. who knows? Maybe it could attract 'attention'. Of course if the Irken Armada shows up I never said this...
"I do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours." John F Kennedy 9-12-62
A quote to live by. I for one would be vastly troubled by the possiblity of an arms race in space.
oh and brush up on your math, Columbia was 22, not 30. The idea my be that old (1971-Idea introduced by Nixon in address to public.), but no orbitor was that old.
give away the razors and we'll sell the hell out of blades, right? Why not ask Microsoft how that's working out. For MS to break even I think every xbox owner has to buy somthing like 25 games.
And the average voter turnout in this counrty is what 30% 40%. So the people perticipating and governing would be the 30% that A. Cares B. is informed enough to perticipate. You could possibly ensure informed perticipation buy a short quiz before the vote. like "Do you know what this is" "What are the likely rammificats of a yay/ nay vote". if you get too many wrong, you are not allowed to vote on the issue until you are informed enough to make a choice. If you have to be active and are required to think, you will eliminate most mouth-breathing morons and knee-jerk reactioary types.
menial beauracracy (zoning, parking rules) could still be handled by the appropriate agency. And if its too much work for you to participate, ok. No one's forcing you.
It has been many many years since any politians could be considered public servants. And government does very little to serve the "will of the people". And like was said before elections are heavily influenced by people with money, so my questios is why do we need congress? One of the ideas behind the body was that it would be too hard for everyone to get together and participate in governing themselves so we need a small group of elected people to do it for us. Well now electronically it would be a small matter for people to get involved and propose, debate and vote on new mandates. Granted there would be rampant security conscerns, but it could be dealt with. All that would be needed is a small elected body to control the website and make sure things runs smoothly. Of course to make these kinds of changes to the constitution would take an act of congress...and who's going to vote themselves out of the job? Oh well...I guess we live with misrepresentation and corruption.
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92 Oldsmobile 88 royale. GM 3800 v-6 173,425 k miles. still runs like new, fast as hell (for non car geeks, that is the same motor in the firebird) and extremely comfortable. never done more than normal PM. nothing more fun than rolling up next to a lowered and stickered Honda with a teenager behind the wheel and handing him his ass when he tries to race.
US firms all think short term since all the stockholders care about is quick bucks. In the short run, in this country, litigation to protect patents and stifle competitors is always cheaper than innovation, however in the long run, US firms are up to get clobberd if they dont learn look beyond next quarter
2 words: Atmospheric conditions, fog, heavy rains, etc can and do impact on the bandwidth
13 words
4. Break.
5. hop around and cuss.
The U.S. is planning to sit around and watch.
no the US is going to figure out what killed seven of our astronoughts before we kill any more. Plus continue other projects into deeper space than the moon. I just love the way the comment is phrased. Bash us for our genuinly stupid foreign policy, you can point to good fodder with Bush and his "kill all brown people" policies without making up ways to poke the space program. But of course bashing the US for anything and everything is an internatial pastime, some of it well deservered. NASA however, is the least deserving of bashing.
now if they had floppy drives you can remotely kick the disk out of...life would be sweet.
(my biggest headache when I remotely reboot a server.)
I really should learn to use the preview button...
I would love to see the code, just to see how many glaringly awful programming errors there are and find out where this is in the code: do x=rand(500) if x mod 3 = 0 then computer.bluescreen while 1 !=2
No, but it isn't difficult to look in the ink cartridge section and see if there are cartridges that fit the printer that arent the printer's brand.
True, however far more people have their pockets picked or ID stolen than are killed.
OK, slow down for just a second. When it comes to banking this is a great idea. The bank already has your name, social, phone, and a miryad of other peices of personal information. This is all protected by a card and one or two pass-nums, or a checkbook. Both of which are very easily stolen, with lower-teir punishments. I'm sorry but since have only the choice of give the bank this data, or use nothing but cash all the time (plus never being able to use an interest-bearing savings account, invest, get a loan etc) I would much rather have it protected by my eye, which is attached to me, and to use illegially would involve either A. Armed Kiddnapping B. Serious assult (de-eyeing) C. Murder, all of which carry SUBSTANTIALLY stiffer penalties than pick-pocketing. There is no need for a tinfoil hat. This is not big brother spying on you. This is them giveing you a better lock and key to protect your data with.
OK, lets all grab our guns and march around blaring RATM in Washington DC. You first, go ahead, we're all behind ya!
If you listen really closely, you can hear the Bill of Rights screaming under Ashcroft's jackboot...
Just what we need...a candy bar with updates...
gee, if you dont like the link, DONT CLICK IT. Its called selective perception.
Oh no, metal gear solid sons of liberty comes true!
just curious, how many peolpe saying "yay! MS sucks! I hate Bill! Its the evil empire!" Are typing from Internet Explorer, while listening to mp3's in WMP 9 on XP??
They break many laws of our society...I'm not getting misty eyed over the eula. Kind of like a crack whore saying sex before marrige is a sin...
its called a joke. e...a...t...m...e
Why crach it into jupiter? Why not just send it out there. who knows? Maybe it could attract 'attention'. Of course if the Irken Armada shows up I never said this...
"I do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours." John F Kennedy 9-12-62
A quote to live by. I for one would be vastly troubled by the possiblity of an arms race in space.
oh and brush up on your math, Columbia was 22, not 30. The idea my be that old (1971-Idea introduced by Nixon in address to public.), but no orbitor was that old.
give away the razors and we'll sell the hell out of blades, right? Why not ask Microsoft how that's working out. For MS to break even I think every xbox owner has to buy somthing like 25 games.
And the average voter turnout in this counrty is what 30% 40%. So the people perticipating and governing would be the 30% that A. Cares B. is informed enough to perticipate. You could possibly ensure informed perticipation buy a short quiz before the vote. like "Do you know what this is" "What are the likely rammificats of a yay/ nay vote". if you get too many wrong, you are not allowed to vote on the issue until you are informed enough to make a choice. If you have to be active and are required to think, you will eliminate most mouth-breathing morons and knee-jerk reactioary types. menial beauracracy (zoning, parking rules) could still be handled by the appropriate agency. And if its too much work for you to participate, ok. No one's forcing you.
It has been many many years since any politians could be considered public servants. And government does very little to serve the "will of the people". And like was said before elections are heavily influenced by people with money, so my questios is why do we need congress? One of the ideas behind the body was that it would be too hard for everyone to get together and participate in governing themselves so we need a small group of elected people to do it for us. Well now electronically it would be a small matter for people to get involved and propose, debate and vote on new mandates. Granted there would be rampant security conscerns, but it could be dealt with. All that would be needed is a small elected body to control the website and make sure things runs smoothly. Of course to make these kinds of changes to the constitution would take an act of congress...and who's going to vote themselves out of the job? Oh well...I guess we live with misrepresentation and corruption.
Deliver a poorly designed, untested system on time, or let them know it will be past due, they pick.