You realize, there is a reason that they don't immediately release the names of disaster victims right? It's so the surviving family members can secure their property as criminals will find their address and break in. I imagine this also would be exploited.
The problem is, you are, like soooo many before you, confusing significant cultural influence with some sort of inborn genetic trait:
>so far none have done very well in the 100m sprinting event
So you are saying that there is some "karate gene" then? What gene makes Americans poor at soccer while great at Basketball?
The point is, certain cultures value certain sports more than others, and thus those sports attract the pool of athletes from a certain country.
>And great influence in other fields such as finance.
You realize that Jews were basically *forced* to be bankers for a large part of history right? Tax and interest collection as seen as Taboo for Christians, so they made the jews do it. Same thing with science: if you can get run out of town at a moments notice, you tend to value learning and intelligence, as those are things that pack easily.
Seriously. Why do Android phones seem to ignore the camera? I'd really like to see one with a very good camera, something like an Android version of the N86
Let's do the math:
The Transrapid was projected to cost 3 Billion Euros to go roughly 37 km between Munich center and it's airport.
3 Billion euros for 37km means 810 euros per centimeter
They shouldn't waste the money to even begin looking at such an idea. Just take a look at the Transrapid project that was recently scrapped in Germany. For roughly 40km of track, linking Munich and the Airport, the final cost projection came out to 3 billion euros ($4.7268 billion)!
What a waste.
China is one of the few contries that have a military that can take ours
You had me until there... you realize we, no joke, have more nukes in a single submarine than they do in their entire military.
I'm not saying they'll never be at that point, hell that point might even be soon... but in an all out war no one can come close to the US.
I was about to suggest a MacBook Air, but then I noticed the bit about burning DVD backups.
Yeah, that and the Apple Store Everest won't be opening for another year at least
(nothing against the air, but I honestly wouldn't suggest brand-spanking-new tech for something that has to be bullet proof)
is it ok that a citizen loses his rights as soon as he encounters US borders? It seems the 4th amendment ought to protect you against "unreasonable searches and seizures".
Sorry, but false. Look into Maritime law, that hasn't applied for hundreds of years. You can be stopped and held at gunpoint while your ship is searched. Same thing for entering the country. They also aren't liable for any damage caused, so they can disassemble your boat/car and say "hey, I guess there weren't any drugs, here's your parts back"
Is it simply their ability to go down narrower spaces
That's a huge "simply" When the cops aren't stuck in NYC traffic they can get there much much faster.
But in any case, you are wrong in one thing. The normal train would cost quite a bit more than 1 million. With 1 million you won't built even 200 meters of rail. And even less in a sub-urban area. The cost will probably be more close to 300 million. But in any case, the maglev is much more expensive.
But they run the RE trains on the same rails as the S-bahn... so they could use the existing lines and just put an express S-bahn on them from the the Hauptbahnhof to the Flughafen.
I wasn't here for it, but I believe they did just this for the world cup games.
As someone living in Munich... I can tell you the German Maglev train is going nowhere. Everyone is opposed to it, except one politician who wants it as his 'swan song'.
They can either put in a Maglev for 1.2 billion euro for a 10 minute trip, or build a normal express S-bahn for 1 million for a 20 minute trip.
Maglev really makes no sense at all, but what do I know, maybe its more of a Shelbyville thing
no doubt everyone's going to start moaning about how the government is yet AGAIN censoring the activities of upstanding all-american companies... aren't they?
Hardly censorship, and if you are trying to point out some sort of hypocricy, you are on weak footing
You might also note: companies are no allowed to drive around at 1am with a giant bullhorn aimed at homes, selling their products. CENSORSHIP!?!? No.
Frankly, posting anything about government officials, other than death threats or personal information, should not be discouraged. If the public cannot voice their disagreements with local officials then we are no longer free. The fact is, the public officials don't have to like what is posted about them, thats their choice. It is not their choice to silence people who post such.
So you had no problem with GW Bush spreading rumors of John McCain's illegitimate black child?
What about that Swift Boat Veterans for Truth garbage?
Sorry, you can't just make up lies about people, even if they are in public office. In fact, keeping people from spreading outright lies becomes even more important for informed voters
... because before the Internet, folks just sat around thinking "I wish I could go steal some money, but I just can't figure out how."
But he does have a point: today's technology separates people. I see the point of your joke: people used to rob banks. But now, if you can simply click and hack your way to a robbery, more people would do this rather than hold someone at gun point.
It is the criminal equivalent of how online discourse is so much more harsh than in real life: people do things they wouldn't think about doing in person.
The year is 2078, somewhere in Heartland America
Son: Dad, what's that valley over there
Dad: Son, that's the valley of Nintendo Wii Factories
Son: Why did they build so many, didn't they realize one day they wouldn't need so many
Dad: Yes son, but some guy on the Internet thought it was a good idea.
Son: But dad, that's stupid, what did this anonymous idiot on the internet know about supply chains?
Dad: Nothing son, that's why we now have 84 idle crumbling Wii factories now that market saturation is long past
Son: That sucks....
Son: Hey dad?
Dad: Yes Son?
Son: Can I get a PS27?
Dad: Do you know how many Euros that is?!
This looks like awful science, just like the 19th Century studies that confirmed the experimenter's prejudices that black people and women were inferior.
False... because liberal/conservative is self-selecting. So it is completley different than the studies you cite because it doesn't mean one causes the other, just that they correlate.
The PS2 games will have a hard time of it all the way till the day that they stop manufacturing PS2s, then the software will magically work.
I think Sony noticed the PS2 sales dropped lower than they originally anticipated, so they killed the 60gb PS3 in order to control the emulation abilities.
Congratulations... that is the dumbest thing I've read today.
Doug: In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a
xylophone, he strikes the same rib twice in succession, yet he
produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we to
believe, that this is some sort of a [the three nerds chuckle]
magic xylophone or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got
fired for that blunder.
Slashdot Mirror
Have you tried wearing those 3D glasses around in your everyday life? Perhaps that would help.
Wahrscheinlich nicht, Nitzche hatte STDs. Er ist slashdoter und hat Sex nie
the best free ways to learn a foreign language online is to listen to music in that language as well as watching stand up comedy in it.
What about people that want to learn German?
I'm not buying it, rumor has it that they'll be updating the iPhone sometime after version 4 is released... safer to wait.
You realize, there is a reason that they don't immediately release the names of disaster victims right? It's so the surviving family members can secure their property as criminals will find their address and break in. I imagine this also would be exploited.
The problem is, you are, like soooo many before you, confusing significant cultural influence with some sort of inborn genetic trait: >so far none have done very well in the 100m sprinting event So you are saying that there is some "karate gene" then? What gene makes Americans poor at soccer while great at Basketball? The point is, certain cultures value certain sports more than others, and thus those sports attract the pool of athletes from a certain country. >And great influence in other fields such as finance. You realize that Jews were basically *forced* to be bankers for a large part of history right? Tax and interest collection as seen as Taboo for Christians, so they made the jews do it. Same thing with science: if you can get run out of town at a moments notice, you tend to value learning and intelligence, as those are things that pack easily.
Seriously. Why do Android phones seem to ignore the camera? I'd really like to see one with a very good camera, something like an Android version of the N86
These are statistical inevitabilities!!
What's really funny, is you actually said something true, and completely contradicted what you wanted to say. Self-ownage FTW! (or whatever)
Let's do the math: The Transrapid was projected to cost 3 Billion Euros to go roughly 37 km between Munich center and it's airport. 3 Billion euros for 37km means 810 euros per centimeter
810 euros per centimeter comes out to roughly 205,390,275 U.S. dollars per mile
It is 538 miles from Chicago to Buffalo.
For a grand total price of 538*205,390,275 = $110,499,967,950
I could be off by a trillion or two.
and that is why Maglev will never work.
They shouldn't waste the money to even begin looking at such an idea. Just take a look at the Transrapid project that was recently scrapped in Germany. For roughly 40km of track, linking Munich and the Airport, the final cost projection came out to 3 billion euros ($4.7268 billion)! What a waste.
China is one of the few contries that have a military that can take ours
You had me until there... you realize we, no joke, have more nukes in a single submarine than they do in their entire military.
I'm not saying they'll never be at that point, hell that point might even be soon... but in an all out war no one can come close to the US.
Again, exactly what reason would they have for mandating this? Companies can already track employees since most have badge opened doors.
I was about to suggest a MacBook Air, but then I noticed the bit about burning DVD backups.
Yeah, that and the Apple Store Everest won't be opening for another year at least (nothing against the air, but I honestly wouldn't suggest brand-spanking-new tech for something that has to be bullet proof)
is it ok that a citizen loses his rights as soon as he encounters US borders? It seems the 4th amendment ought to protect you against "unreasonable searches and seizures".
Sorry, but false. Look into Maritime law, that hasn't applied for hundreds of years. You can be stopped and held at gunpoint while your ship is searched. Same thing for entering the country. They also aren't liable for any damage caused, so they can disassemble your boat/car and say "hey, I guess there weren't any drugs, here's your parts back"
Is it simply their ability to go down narrower spaces That's a huge "simply" When the cops aren't stuck in NYC traffic they can get there much much faster.
But in any case, you are wrong in one thing. The normal train would cost quite a bit more than 1 million. With 1 million you won't built even 200 meters of rail. And even less in a sub-urban area. The cost will probably be more close to 300 million. But in any case, the maglev is much more expensive.
But they run the RE trains on the same rails as the S-bahn... so they could use the existing lines and just put an express S-bahn on them from the the Hauptbahnhof to the Flughafen.
I wasn't here for it, but I believe they did just this for the world cup games.
As someone living in Munich... I can tell you the German Maglev train is going nowhere. Everyone is opposed to it, except one politician who wants it as his 'swan song'.
They can either put in a Maglev for 1.2 billion euro for a 10 minute trip, or build a normal express S-bahn for 1 million for a 20 minute trip.
Maglev really makes no sense at all, but what do I know, maybe its more of a Shelbyville thing
I gave up my vote, simply for a chance to live and work in Europe.
Overseas votes aren't counted, unless what? There's a tie... ok.
I still vote out of ceremony, but I know full well it is tossed into the garbage can each time.
no doubt everyone's going to start moaning about how the government is yet AGAIN censoring the activities of upstanding all-american companies... aren't they?
Hardly censorship, and if you are trying to point out some sort of hypocricy, you are on weak footing
You might also note: companies are no allowed to drive around at 1am with a giant bullhorn aimed at homes, selling their products. CENSORSHIP!?!? No.
Frankly, posting anything about government officials, other than death threats or personal information, should not be discouraged. If the public cannot voice their disagreements with local officials then we are no longer free. The fact is, the public officials don't have to like what is posted about them, thats their choice. It is not their choice to silence people who post such.
So you had no problem with GW Bush spreading rumors of John McCain's illegitimate black child?
What about that Swift Boat Veterans for Truth garbage?
Sorry, you can't just make up lies about people, even if they are in public office. In fact, keeping people from spreading outright lies becomes even more important for informed voters
... because before the Internet, folks just sat around thinking "I wish I could go steal some money, but I just can't figure out how."
But he does have a point: today's technology separates people. I see the point of your joke: people used to rob banks. But now, if you can simply click and hack your way to a robbery, more people would do this rather than hold someone at gun point.
It is the criminal equivalent of how online discourse is so much more harsh than in real life: people do things they wouldn't think about doing in person.
The year is 2078, somewhere in Heartland America Son: Dad, what's that valley over there Dad: Son, that's the valley of Nintendo Wii Factories Son: Why did they build so many, didn't they realize one day they wouldn't need so many Dad: Yes son, but some guy on the Internet thought it was a good idea. Son: But dad, that's stupid, what did this anonymous idiot on the internet know about supply chains? Dad: Nothing son, that's why we now have 84 idle crumbling Wii factories now that market saturation is long past Son: That sucks.... Son: Hey dad? Dad: Yes Son? Son: Can I get a PS27? Dad: Do you know how many Euros that is?!
This looks like awful science, just like the 19th Century studies that confirmed the experimenter's prejudices that black people and women were inferior.
False... because liberal/conservative is self-selecting. So it is completley different than the studies you cite because it doesn't mean one causes the other, just that they correlate.
The PS2 games will have a hard time of it all the way till the day that they stop manufacturing PS2s, then the software will magically work. I think Sony noticed the PS2 sales dropped lower than they originally anticipated, so they killed the 60gb PS3 in order to control the emulation abilities. Congratulations... that is the dumbest thing I've read today.
Doug: In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib twice in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of a [the three nerds chuckle] magic xylophone or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.