Have you seen that large white object in the sky, colloquially known as "the moon"? You could tether it to that...
Uh-huh. . . Let's think about this. What does the moon do, exactly?
It orbits the Earth, right? And how does it do that?
Because it's mass is balanced exactly against the mass of the Earth for the distance it is located from the center of gravity of the Earth.
Now what would happen if we attached a 240,000 mile, 1-meter thick cable to the moon. How much do you think that would weigh? Do you think gravity might decide it's going to start, I don't know, pulling on this 240,000 mile long object? The one tethered to that large white object in the sky?
That would be bad, right?
Now, if we were to build a ginormous thruster on the moon, and push it into a farther orbit, so it had an angular momentum strong enough to hold up the (now) 350,000 mile long cable. . . Of course, then we have to worry about all the Bond supervillains who are suddenly working at the head of NASA and the ESA. . .
Basically because it amused me. Every once in a while, we'll have her post something to someone's page (a lot of my friends have friended her), usually something about, "Hey hot stuff, wanna nuzzle my bacon?"
I have a profile for an inflatable sex pig, with a name clearly implying it's a sex pig, and a photo of the pig for the profile pic. They aren't completely on the ball. I also have a profile for a character from a very popular book series, and the profile pic is a still from one of the film adaptations, and both of these profiles have existed for over two years.
I assume you are referring to Johnson v. M'Intosh, where the Supreme Court ruled that Native Americans were permitted to sell their land only to the US government, not private citizens. As the Indian Removal Act, and specifically the Treaty of New Echota (since you mentioned Cherokee) ceded their land to the government, it was perfectly legal, and didn't violate any SC ruling.
Of course, IANAL, just someone who had to sit through a cultural diversity class on Native American Indians, and I might not be remembering that correctly, in any case.
That the founders considered the legislature, NOT the executive, the first among three equals, because it directly represents the people on the most frequent election cycle.
Until the Supreme Court rules something unconstitutional. Then no one can do ANYTHING. Good thing we get to elect the Supreme Court Justi. . . Oh, wait. Well, at least their terms expi. . . Oh, wait.
That's a pretty dumb comparison. Get back to me when Americans are being hauled away for expressing anti-Government views. Get back to me when Joe Biden assassinates Barack Obama so he can seize power.
You mean get back to you when it's too late? Like the Germans in the winter of 1945?
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When I looked at this from that perspective, it makes quite a lot of sense. . . They could have just said "No fucking games" and been done with it.
I agree with the "Prison isn't supposed to be fun" point. That's not what they're doing here.
From USA Today:
[The Court] noted that Singer, like other inmates, still has access to other games such as Risk, Stratego, chess and checkers.
Have you seen that large white object in the sky, colloquially known as "the moon"? You could tether it to that...
Uh-huh. . . Let's think about this. What does the moon do, exactly?
It orbits the Earth, right? And how does it do that?
Because it's mass is balanced exactly against the mass of the Earth for the distance it is located from the center of gravity of the Earth.
Now what would happen if we attached a 240,000 mile, 1-meter thick cable to the moon. How much do you think that would weigh? Do you think gravity might decide it's going to start, I don't know, pulling on this 240,000 mile long object? The one tethered to that large white object in the sky?
That would be bad, right?
Now, if we were to build a ginormous thruster on the moon, and push it into a farther orbit, so it had an angular momentum strong enough to hold up the (now) 350,000 mile long cable. . . Of course, then we have to worry about all the Bond supervillains who are suddenly working at the head of NASA and the ESA. . .
Except that no one got rich writing a book in 1789, or even 1889. Hell, it had happened maybe a total of 100 times by 1989.
And when dozens of cattle and feral horses are left maimed or dead, we'll just say "serves those stupid animals right! They should learn to read!"
Bah. We wouldn't do that. We'd have a damn barbecue!
Basically because it amused me. Every once in a while, we'll have her post something to someone's page (a lot of my friends have friended her), usually something about, "Hey hot stuff, wanna nuzzle my bacon?"
Yes, I know I'm not normal.
I have to admit, I am amused that their filtering software caught your hypercube, but not Jesus.
I have a profile for an inflatable sex pig, with a name clearly implying it's a sex pig, and a photo of the pig for the profile pic. They aren't completely on the ball. I also have a profile for a character from a very popular book series, and the profile pic is a still from one of the film adaptations, and both of these profiles have existed for over two years.
I assume you are referring to Johnson v. M'Intosh, where the Supreme Court ruled that Native Americans were permitted to sell their land only to the US government, not private citizens. As the Indian Removal Act, and specifically the Treaty of New Echota (since you mentioned Cherokee) ceded their land to the government, it was perfectly legal, and didn't violate any SC ruling. Of course, IANAL, just someone who had to sit through a cultural diversity class on Native American Indians, and I might not be remembering that correctly, in any case.
That the founders considered the legislature, NOT the executive, the first among three equals, because it directly represents the people on the most frequent election cycle.
Until the Supreme Court rules something unconstitutional. Then no one can do ANYTHING. Good thing we get to elect the Supreme Court Justi. . . Oh, wait. Well, at least their terms expi. . . Oh, wait.
That's a pretty dumb comparison. Get back to me when Americans are being hauled away for expressing anti-Government views. Get back to me when Joe Biden assassinates Barack Obama so he can seize power.
You mean get back to you when it's too late? Like the Germans in the winter of 1945?
Publish a huge volume of information to the internet using your real name so eventually anyone searching for you . . .
Like your social security number and mother's maiden name. Make sure to notify us all when you post it, too, so we can link it up for the Google hits.
A true Chinese proverb: "I don't care if it is black cat or white cat. You can still pass it off as Kung Pao Chicken"
Pshaw. That's terrible. Any Chinaman worth his salt knows you don't make Kung-Pao Chicken from felines. You make General Tso's Chicken from felines!
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BTW, I am really amused that Firefox tells me "Chinaman" is spelled incorrectly.
Can you send that to me in a Flash file?
No, sorry, my email client doesn't handle files that large.
What if I like my family?
That's why you only charge them the family rate of $125.00/hr instead of $200/hr.
Pittsburgh does have an income tax. I'm not sure what the scale is for residents, but non-residents pay 1%.
I think he was saying the students don't pay Pittsburgh's local income tax, because most of the students aren't considered permanent residents.
but taking transparent high-availability to Xen can't bode well for Gordon or the Vortigaunts. . .
The difference between wealth and, say, sex is that you can never get enough wealth.
Speak for yourself. I still have free time.
How do they define "reasonable suspicion"?
That's their euphemism for "foreign."
The feminist was apparently the story submitter, which is the only person I've seen so far paint Yahoo in a bad light for this.
Fuck pumpkins. I'm buying a bunch of capes and then stopping by the animal shelter on my way there!
You still have to seal it up in the vacuum chamber. While most would appreciate the swelling that would cause, I'm not sure I want the aftereffects.
Frankly, I prefer hearing myself called a "pirate," versus a "copyright-infringing content replicator."
Not as cool as being called a ninja, but I'll take what I can get.
Couldn't we remove "Linux" from the headline and have it be just as accurate?
Maybe they scanned his stomach and knew he was lying.
They don't scan, silly. They probe!