Professor Hawking reiterated his previous comments that man must colonize other planets.
Wouldn't it make more sense to spend the billions (trillions?) of dollars needed to put people on other planets on improving the lives of people on this particular planet? I'd rather have, say, clean drinking water for all of Africa than a permanent population of couple dozen shivering and calorie-starved Martians or Mooninites.
Publishers like newspapers, magazines and tv broadcasters are held liable for everything that their employees produce, post, and broadcast, so why shouldn't those who publish materials on the web be held to a similar standard?
I'm guessing a lot of you all on/. have never been on the receiving end of serious, reputation-destroying, libel.
Isn't it better for these weirdos to have safe outlet for these destructive fetishes? These simulated images do not create the fetish, they only provide an outlet for it. As a parent, I would rather these guys wanking in front of a PC in their parents' basements than strangling my daughter in some alley.
Admittedly, simulated images weren't enough for this guy, but he would have been killing much sooner if the internet hadn't sated his needs.
As do other regions of Eurasia. In fact, Iraq, Egypt and Greece and other areas have way, way more than 2500 years of documented history.
Hell, even the word 'China' refers to the 'Chin' dynasty - a bunch of semi-literate barbarians who overthrew the Ming Dynasty about the time America was being settled.
Senior NASA officials and congressional and aerospace industry sources said yesterday that Griffin wants to clear away entrenched bureaucracy, and build a less political and more scientifically oriented team to implement President Bush's plan to return humans to the moon by 2020 and eventually send them to Mars.
So, essentially, we're just throwing out the folks who might have some misgivings about our upcoming pissing contest with China?
...it will make it easier to detain and deport illegal Muslim immigrants from the Maghreb. Seems like a pretty crappy reason to implement a national biometric card system if its going to be used to harass minorities.
Ataturk as a freedom fighter - read some (real)history idiot. Big chunks of Turkey were Greek, were Turkish, and were Kurdish. Ataturk and cronies didn't want to give them ANY piece of the post-Ottoman political power.
The Mongols "flattened" most of Eurasia except for Western Europe and India - who were later "flattened" by the related Mughals. It's this headstart (the proximity to the New World helped too) that ensured centuries of Western European dominance.
You're right - the TOS specifies that you must accrue $50 before payment is sent. I'm guessing either they or your ISP will find a way to boot you before you reach that magic number.
CWS.WINSHOW has been hyperlinking random web text on Internet Explorer for weeks now. Rather annoying. Anybody know how I can remove it permanently? I use the the Shredder, but the little bastard keeps on coming back.
Less bong, more Political Science 101,buddy
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And the US is fascist dictatorship that has a history of invading...
I won't dispute the second part of your assertion, the USA has indeed done some immoral shit over the years, but as for the first, there's no way you can argue that US is either fascist or a dictatorship. A capitalist oligarchy maybe, but even that's stretching it.
You're lucky that the USA invaded and overthrew the governments of certain countries (Germany, Italy, and Japan to name a few) so that you have the liberty of being confused as to the actual definition of fascism.
I work for a busy Dublin Internet cafe, doing some sysadmining and general computer maintenance. On Sunday the 28th of March, I got a
rather distressing email...
...I asked around, and a man, described as being black (or is the word African-American these days?)
Hmmm...
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Newsflash: While the USA is certainly no innocent on the geopolitical scene, China is a communist dictatorship that has a history of invading its neighbors - think Tibet (1949), South Korea (1951) and Vietnam (1979) and Taiwan (200?).
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Which copyright holders? Who gets to pick? Do we really want government (even the Canadian government) deciding who is rewarded for producing content?
Not really, as they will still face competition from traditional radio.
Submitter seems to be implying that "-American" studies programs should not be taken seriously.
Professor Hawking reiterated his previous comments that man must colonize other planets.
Wouldn't it make more sense to spend the billions (trillions?) of dollars needed to put people on other planets on improving the lives of people on this particular planet? I'd rather have, say, clean drinking water for all of Africa than a permanent population of couple dozen shivering and calorie-starved Martians or Mooninites.
Publishers like newspapers, magazines and tv broadcasters are held liable for everything that their employees produce, post, and broadcast, so why shouldn't those who publish materials on the web be held to a similar standard? I'm guessing a lot of you all on /. have never been on the receiving end of serious, reputation-destroying, libel.
Isn't it better for these weirdos to have safe outlet for these destructive fetishes? These simulated images do not create the fetish, they only provide an outlet for it. As a parent, I would rather these guys wanking in front of a PC in their parents' basements than strangling my daughter in some alley.
Admittedly, simulated images weren't enough for this guy, but he would have been killing much sooner if the internet hadn't sated his needs.
Free p2p sounds great and all, but what's to stop the fee collecting agency from discriminating against artists in the disbursement of the funds?
Did you mean the Manchu Qing dynasty?
:)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty
Not that "America," has much room to talk. We're named after an shady Italian explorer, and not even the right one
http://www.studyworld.com/Amerigo_Vespucci.htm
Where is Rome?
Guess whose alphabet you're using right now?
China as a whole country has 2500 years history.
As do other regions of Eurasia. In fact, Iraq, Egypt and Greece and other areas have way, way more than 2500 years of documented history.
Hell, even the word 'China' refers to the 'Chin' dynasty - a bunch of semi-literate barbarians who overthrew the Ming Dynasty about the time America was being settled.
Illiteracy - it's what's for dinner!
Senior NASA officials and congressional and aerospace industry sources said yesterday that Griffin wants to clear away entrenched bureaucracy, and build a less political and more scientifically oriented team to implement President Bush's plan to return humans to the moon by 2020 and eventually send them to Mars.
So, essentially, we're just throwing out the folks who might have some misgivings about our upcoming pissing contest with China?
...it will make it easier to detain and deport illegal Muslim immigrants from the Maghreb. Seems like a pretty crappy reason to implement a national biometric card system if its going to be used to harass minorities.
Ataturk as a freedom fighter - read some (real)history idiot. Big chunks of Turkey were Greek, were Turkish, and were Kurdish. Ataturk and cronies didn't want to give them ANY piece of the post-Ottoman political power.
If rates are going to rise, and they always do, why not have bad driver bear the brunt of the increase.
You still have a choice among insurance companies. Choose one that doesn't snoop into your business.
The Mongols "flattened" most of Eurasia except for Western Europe and India - who were later "flattened" by the related Mughals. It's this headstart (the proximity to the New World helped too) that ensured centuries of Western European dominance.
You're right - the TOS specifies that you must accrue $50 before payment is sent. I'm guessing either they or your ISP will find a way to boot you before you reach that magic number.
CWS.WINSHOW has been hyperlinking random web text on Internet Explorer for weeks now. Rather annoying. Anybody know how I can remove it permanently? I use the the Shredder, but the little bastard keeps on coming back.
And the US is fascist dictatorship that has a history of invading...
I won't dispute the second part of your assertion, the USA has indeed done some immoral shit over the years, but as for the first, there's no way you can argue that US is either fascist or a dictatorship. A capitalist oligarchy maybe, but even that's stretching it.
You're lucky that the USA invaded and overthrew the governments of certain countries (Germany, Italy, and Japan to name a few) so that you have the liberty of being confused as to the actual definition of fascism.
I work for a busy Dublin Internet cafe, doing some sysadmining and general computer maintenance. On Sunday the 28th of March, I got a rather distressing email...
...I asked around, and a man, described as being black (or is the word African-American these days?)
Hmmm...
Newsflash: While the USA is certainly no innocent on the geopolitical scene, China is a communist dictatorship that has a history of invading its neighbors - think Tibet (1949), South Korea (1951) and Vietnam (1979) and Taiwan (200?).
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Crappy Indian programmers are the exception, not the rule, pal. Get your head out of the sand.
You are more or less guaranteed 90K when you get out of school and can easily break into the six figures if you're willing to work overtime.
Is it just me or did this guy miss the point of the article?