He pointed out that young Canadians are criminals, and since the record companies target these individuals as their main consumer group, that he was supplying them with material to steal.
Stealing these goods, that the record companies make secifically for these criminals, robs the government of income (taxes and such). Therefore the existance of the record company is to specifically rob the government of money.
It could be an interesting concept. Everybody would start out as either an entertainer, a worker, a soldier or a scientist. And you would have to get voted up the ranks by your peers!
For example, you could only advance so far as a foot soldier, when you were promoted to sgt you could get more abilities and you govern your troops.
And each civ would have an overall leader who decides what to do and passes down the orders!
Terribly complex, and very difficult for people to accept, but it would be a revolutionary game!
This is exactly why I got into CS. I've been writing programs since before I knew you could make money doing it!
I went to school and all you see are kids there to get jobs. Copying homework and cheating wherever possible because they have no idea what they're doing.
Whenever a relative would ask what I was studying, I'd always get the same response "Oh wow! There's alot of money in that field!" Nobody understands that there could be passion for something like that. It's all about the money.
No wonder we're coming across more guys like the guy in this article...
They thought that a Computer Engineer was an engineer that uses computers? Wow... just... wow. Did they think that other engineers didn't use computers?
Exactly what kind of engineering did they think they would be doing? Civil? Electrical? Industrial? Cause they have their own majors.
I'm sorry, that's just dumb. How long were they taking classes before they decided to look at the course requirements for their major?
Architects do reuse successful design, but they wouldn't start building a car with the same design elements that are in a house. Yet humans and our ancestors and all other life on earth have vast similarities in our DNA.
Do they really teach about the missing link in school? If so then it's probably used to show the evolution of the theory of evolution. The missing link idea was popular when evolution was taking hold.
Why isn't it law? Cause it wasn't passed by Congress. Ba dump dump! Thank you thank you... I'll be here all night. (applause)
Theory, Law and Fact don't mean the same in science as they do in english.
"Well evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape-like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered." - Stephen J. Gould, "Evolution as Fact and Theory"; Discover, May 1981
No scientist will tell you that it's impossible that god is behind this. Who's to say that god didn't start this universe with the big bang and had all his plans in place then? Oh the bible did. Big deal, the bible shouldn't be considered a book of facts. Also, that's not science.
I don't believe in god, but to argue that god didn't exist is logically impossible. Who am I to say that there wasn't a creator who created this universe a week ago and put in place everything to seem as if it were much much older? It's not science though.
Science has nothing to do with god. That's why god doesn't come into play when answering questions scientifically. It doesn't mean there isn't a god or that he hadn't created the universe at any given point, it's just not science.
They're not linked any other way though. You're no similar to a monkey than you are to a very very distant cousin.
There is also plenty of evidence in our DNA and structure of common ancestory.
And since there is such a huge collection of bones from various periods of time, we've been able to study the small changes over time.
I don't understand why you say "all the links" though. It's not like they jumped from one distinct form to another. It was slow changes over a long period of time. The concept of a "missing link" is a dated one that isn't valid. So I doubt they will ever find one.
Some changes weren't big enough to be considered, by modern standards, a whole new species. To have a fossil record of the entire evolution process would require the fossils of every humanoid between the beginning and now.
If you went to a major museum with enough resources, such as the smith, you would see a very complete fossil record though with gives more than enough solid, scientific evidence of evolution.
And the Earth is round. Although, a poll by the National Science Foundation shows that 20% of American Adults believe the Sun revolves around the Earth. Maybe we should teach that "science" too!
Which fall of man? Adam and Eve? The great flood? Sacrificing Jesus?
The biggest driving force behind evolution, according to natural selection which seems to be the most popular method of evolution at the moment, is mating.
That did happen but not until after Adam and Eve ate that apple.
"Brad Smith, 74, an astronomer who worked on several Mariner missions to map the Red Planet and who leads a task group on official naming on Mars for the International Astronomical Union, said there was a purpose to the naming madness: Scientists need a common set of names.
It is too difficult to discuss "that volcano on the left" or "the one on the right," he said. "People like to name their pets instead of saying, 'Hey you' or 'the dog.'"
The names from the rover missions are considered unofficial titles, but for some of the larger landmarks, they have stuck."
So Korean law isn't important in asserting legal pressure on a Korean based entity? I guess I am dumb there, I apologize.
Using a name doesn't affiliate you with something. This is the basis that many parody and anti-corp sites still operate. I can open up www.mozillaeatsass.com and that doesn't affiliate it with mozilla. I can run www.fedexismybitch.com and that doesn't affiliate me with fedex.
There are numerous legal cases to use as reference if you'd like some insight.
A name is not a link. An affiliation requires both parties involved to acknowledge it.
Say it with me now: "A name is not a link."
Looks like I was right!
I have to admit though, the moron part was just for my personal amusement and is in no way affiliated with www.moron.com.
I was comparing comparable things... the first to land on an extraterrestrial surface. As opposed to your comparison of the first human controlled devices on mars to people in the ISS.
I'm not sure how comparing Neil Armstrong to Sputnik relates though.
Also, I pointed out that if it was a human it would've had better name recognition. Countering your point that Spirit and Opportunity have better name recognition.
People associate better with peoples names than random words given to robots. Mention the words "Spirit" or "Opportunity" to somebody and mars rover is probably the last thing they'd mention. Say "Neil Armstrong" to somebody and they're likely to mention the astronaut first... or the bike rider...
"Capturing the publics imagination is another thing that robots do well. I'll bet Spirit and Opportunity have much better name recognition than any of the ISS crew, or the crew of the most recent Shuttle mission. They got huge media coverage."
I would guarantee that more people have heard of Neil Armstrong than Spirit and Opportunity.
The only valid point you have is that they had huge media coverage, which would've been even greater had it been a human instead of a robot.
Although I agree that it's not really practical to send people to mars yet... the moon maybe. I don't see why we don't have a small set of liveable structures there.
Hell, it could be a new reality show and let a corporation sponsor it: Survivor: Moon
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"Environmentalism is about making our lives better and our children's lives better."
Exactly. So Egotistical
"consider me as a Technical Sales Engineering Specialist working with high-tech transaction machines for a large international corporation."
You sound ripe for management!
Well the new album is getting radio air-play on major stations in my area. I guess that's one way to hear about it.
If it's the type of music you would listen to normally, then you'll probably come across it sooner or later.
Actually, he was confessing to heinous crimes!
He pointed out that young Canadians are criminals, and since the record companies target these individuals as their main consumer group, that he was supplying them with material to steal.
Stealing these goods, that the record companies make secifically for these criminals, robs the government of income (taxes and such). Therefore the existance of the record company is to specifically rob the government of money.
It could be an interesting concept. Everybody would start out as either an entertainer, a worker, a soldier or a scientist. And you would have to get voted up the ranks by your peers!
For example, you could only advance so far as a foot soldier, when you were promoted to sgt you could get more abilities and you govern your troops.
And each civ would have an overall leader who decides what to do and passes down the orders!
Terribly complex, and very difficult for people to accept, but it would be a revolutionary game!
I find it just the opposite.
I played as the Greeks and decimated all opponents via culture and science.
Maybe it's just a difference in strategy or play style. Go for the key advances first and then build from there...
I always make sure my cities had roads everywhere and irrigated the crap out of the map.
I was be rolling over cities with my mech inf with little to no resistance.
This is exactly why I got into CS. I've been writing programs since before I knew you could make money doing it!
I went to school and all you see are kids there to get jobs. Copying homework and cheating wherever possible because they have no idea what they're doing.
Whenever a relative would ask what I was studying, I'd always get the same response "Oh wow! There's alot of money in that field!" Nobody understands that there could be passion for something like that. It's all about the money.
No wonder we're coming across more guys like the guy in this article...
5 and a half years of school and then a certificate?
Most colleges have a 2 year program that gives you your certificate at the end of it.
This kid gave up at Discrete Math?
I'm embarassed for him...
They thought that a Computer Engineer was an engineer that uses computers? Wow... just... wow. Did they think that other engineers didn't use computers?
Exactly what kind of engineering did they think they would be doing? Civil? Electrical? Industrial? Cause they have their own majors.
I'm sorry, that's just dumb. How long were they taking classes before they decided to look at the course requirements for their major?
Thanks :)
Architects do reuse successful design, but they wouldn't start building a car with the same design elements that are in a house. Yet humans and our ancestors and all other life on earth have vast similarities in our DNA.
Do they really teach about the missing link in school? If so then it's probably used to show the evolution of the theory of evolution. The missing link idea was popular when evolution was taking hold.
Why isn't it law? Cause it wasn't passed by Congress. Ba dump dump! Thank you thank you... I'll be here all night. (applause)
Theory, Law and Fact don't mean the same in science as they do in english.
"Well evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape-like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered." - Stephen J. Gould, "Evolution as Fact and Theory"; Discover, May 1981
No scientist will tell you that it's impossible that god is behind this. Who's to say that god didn't start this universe with the big bang and had all his plans in place then? Oh the bible did. Big deal, the bible shouldn't be considered a book of facts. Also, that's not science.
I don't believe in god, but to argue that god didn't exist is logically impossible. Who am I to say that there wasn't a creator who created this universe a week ago and put in place everything to seem as if it were much much older? It's not science though.
Science has nothing to do with god. That's why god doesn't come into play when answering questions scientifically. It doesn't mean there isn't a god or that he hadn't created the universe at any given point, it's just not science.
Man and monkey's had a common ancestor.
They're not linked any other way though. You're no similar to a monkey than you are to a very very distant cousin.
There is also plenty of evidence in our DNA and structure of common ancestory.
And since there is such a huge collection of bones from various periods of time, we've been able to study the small changes over time.
I don't understand why you say "all the links" though. It's not like they jumped from one distinct form to another. It was slow changes over a long period of time. The concept of a "missing link" is a dated one that isn't valid. So I doubt they will ever find one.
Some changes weren't big enough to be considered, by modern standards, a whole new species. To have a fossil record of the entire evolution process would require the fossils of every humanoid between the beginning and now.
If you went to a major museum with enough resources, such as the smith, you would see a very complete fossil record though with gives more than enough solid, scientific evidence of evolution.
And the Earth is round. Although, a poll by the National Science Foundation shows that 20% of American Adults believe the Sun revolves around the Earth. Maybe we should teach that "science" too!
Yes you are correct. It was R. C. Everbeck.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263472/
Which fall of man? Adam and Eve? The great flood? Sacrificing Jesus?
The biggest driving force behind evolution, according to natural selection which seems to be the most popular method of evolution at the moment, is mating.
That did happen but not until after Adam and Eve ate that apple.
For the record, evolution is what we know has happened.
How evolution happened is what is still up for debate.
Wow, I was very dumb! I was thinking billion, but somehow I typed million and didn't even notice.
I fix for you!
256 kbps => 256/8 = 32 Bps.
20GB ~ 20,000,000,000 Bytes => 20,000,000,000 / 32 = 625,000,000 seconds
625,000,000 / 60 => 10,416.6 minutes
Average CD = roughtly 55 minutes (my no-calculation estimate)
10,416,666.6 / 55 = 189,393.93 CD's
189,393.93 CD's * $15 a pop = $2,840,909.09
That is a lot of loot.
Buy one, then give it as a present to a girl you're trying to impress.
She'll instantly love you for the following reasons:
1. You bought her something.
2. She'll see that it's a gadget and realize that geeks really are great because they create things useful for them.
From TFA:
"Brad Smith, 74, an astronomer who worked on several Mariner missions to map the Red Planet and who leads a task group on official naming on Mars for the International Astronomical Union, said there was a purpose to the naming madness: Scientists need a common set of names.
It is too difficult to discuss "that volcano on the left" or "the one on the right," he said. "People like to name their pets instead of saying, 'Hey you' or 'the dog.'"
The names from the rover missions are considered unofficial titles, but for some of the larger landmarks, they have stuck."
I rip at 256 kbps cause that's how I am.
256 kbps => 256/8 = 32 Bps.
20GB ~ 20,000,000 Bytes => 20,000,000 / 32 = 625,000 seconds
625,000 / 60 => 10,416.6 minutes
Average CD = roughtly 55 minutes (my no calculation estimate)
10,416.6 / 55 = 189.39 CD's
That's not entirely impossible although it is huge for me, it's probably small for a DJ.
Lets add some more fun:
189.39 CD's * $15 a pop = $2,840.91
That is a lot of loot.
Actually he was listing the ingredients for Crystal Meth.
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You can find out how to make it here:
http://www.neonjoint.com/drug_recipes/chapter3.ht
or through a quick google search.
Crack is much more simple to make though. It's mostly coke and baking soda. You can find out how to make it here:
http://www.totse.com/en/drugs/speedy_drugs/crackr
Fear not!
There will be plenty of posts saying how much FireFox sucks.
So Korean law isn't important in asserting legal pressure on a Korean based entity? I guess I am dumb there, I apologize.
Using a name doesn't affiliate you with something. This is the basis that many parody and anti-corp sites still operate. I can open up www.mozillaeatsass.com and that doesn't affiliate it with mozilla. I can run www.fedexismybitch.com and that doesn't affiliate me with fedex.
There are numerous legal cases to use as reference if you'd like some insight.
A name is not a link. An affiliation requires both parties involved to acknowledge it.
Say it with me now: "A name is not a link."
Looks like I was right!
I have to admit though, the moron part was just for my personal amusement and is in no way affiliated with www.moron.com.
An affiliation is a link between two groups. Mozilla has no ties with this group, therefore there is no affiliation.
I would like you to provide proof that there is a trademark on the name Mozilla in Korea. Since that is the whole basis for your argument.
I guess you never bothered to think of that.
You sir, are a true moron.
I was comparing comparable things... the first to land on an extraterrestrial surface. As opposed to your comparison of the first human controlled devices on mars to people in the ISS.
I'm not sure how comparing Neil Armstrong to Sputnik relates though.
Also, I pointed out that if it was a human it would've had better name recognition. Countering your point that Spirit and Opportunity have better name recognition.
People associate better with peoples names than random words given to robots. Mention the words "Spirit" or "Opportunity" to somebody and mars rover is probably the last thing they'd mention. Say "Neil Armstrong" to somebody and they're likely to mention the astronaut first... or the bike rider...
OK, they remember last names more.
"Capturing the publics imagination is another thing that robots do well. I'll bet Spirit and Opportunity have much better name recognition than any of the ISS crew, or the crew of the most recent Shuttle mission. They got huge media coverage."
I would guarantee that more people have heard of Neil Armstrong than Spirit and Opportunity.
The only valid point you have is that they had huge media coverage, which would've been even greater had it been a human instead of a robot.
Although I agree that it's not really practical to send people to mars yet... the moon maybe. I don't see why we don't have a small set of liveable structures there.
Hell, it could be a new reality show and let a corporation sponsor it: Survivor: Moon