It depends on how you define the problem. Florida was a close call, and if it weren't for the last minute action of the Supreme Court, Bush would have lost the presidency.
So the problem is really, "How can we more easily and reliably fix elections? How can we make the election-fixing process more obscure?"
Now, part of the implementation of the solution is to make up another pressing problem for which it is the supposed answer. And what is that problem? Hanging chads! Messy recounts! Messy Democracy!
By the way, the fix is already in in Florida. The courts in Florida have already ruled against requiring auditable electronic voting machines.
So I wouldn't blame all politicians. I'd blame those in power that will do anything to remain in power, including overturning our democracy.
I agree (as I posted elsewhere) that this whole topic is stupid, based on "Cesar"'s (writer of the article at Ars), applemasker's (story submitter), and Cowboy Neal's (Editor and international bon vivant) gross ignorance. BMI has nothing to do directly with RIAA.
I'm not so certain that automatically gives them a free pass and a clean bill of health. Weren't they one of the groups behind the bill that killed internet radio?
People (ahem, Cowboy Neal and applemasker or *coughcough* "Ceasar"), don't submit (or post) stories that do nothing more than 1) foster greater misunderstanding of the issues, and 2) demonstrate your ignorance, which in this case is great.
Walter E. Williams once related that, when faced with a choice of doctors where he only knew the age and race of the doctors, how he would make his choice. If they were both in their late 50s, and one was black, he'd take the black doctor, because he knew that this man had worked hard to get where he was.
But, if they were in their 30s, he'd go with the white doctor, because he would have no way of knowing if the black doctor had gotten through on his skills, or the need for the university to fulfill its quotas.
So, according to your story, when faced with an unknown factor, Walter E. Williams was a racist. Did I understand that correctly?
Deceleration takes as much energy as acceleration in space. To send something into the sun, you need to decelerate, i.e., slow it's orbit. And that's once you've escaped earth's gravity.
The only bit of toxic waste that would be worthwhile to fire into the sun is my cousin Bill Ohreally.
As for the nuclear waste generated aftewards there are a number of clever idea's about how to deal with it including one which disposes of it in the giant fusion reaction that is our Sun.
My personal favorite is to rent a storage locker under a fake name.
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Firstly: It appears we have some of the stuff wrapped in aluminium foil and aren't entirely sure where it is.
Again, it's one thing for a monopoly to leverage it's business, it's another thing if that company has a track record of illegal abusing its monopoly position to stifle competition.
What's really funny here is that MS is going to kill off the companies that have licensed WMA before it even comes close to affecting iTMS. The new media player won't even play drmed wma files you've bought from other services, because it won't recognize their licenses. I'm sure this will get fixed eventually, but you think they didn't know they had this problem before they released the software? No, I'm sure they were aware of the problem and went ahead anyway, so as to soften up the competition. They can claim that it's only a beta.
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Uh, how, exactly, does one "grab the source code" from a ROM?
Yeah, dude. It took me a second to figure out what a conesoures was. I first read it as "cone source". =)
This is how we conduct debate on Fox News, so shut up! =)
I'm so glad that the effects of Three Mile Island were mitigated by the open market.
It depends on how you define the problem. Florida was a close call, and if it weren't for the last minute action of the Supreme Court, Bush would have lost the presidency.
So the problem is really, "How can we more easily and reliably fix elections? How can we make the election-fixing process more obscure?"
Now, part of the implementation of the solution is to make up another pressing problem for which it is the supposed answer. And what is that problem? Hanging chads! Messy recounts! Messy Democracy!
By the way, the fix is already in in Florida. The courts in Florida have already ruled against requiring auditable electronic voting machines.
So I wouldn't blame all politicians. I'd blame those in power that will do anything to remain in power, including overturning our democracy.
If by VOIP you mean the Victory Over Intelligence Party, then no, Gore couldn't make any such claims. Bush on the other hand. . .
and necrophilia is different from bestiality. What's your point?
I didn't realize that there was an iBook with a 17" screen. How cool!
I agree (as I posted elsewhere) that this whole topic is stupid, based on "Cesar"'s (writer of the article at Ars), applemasker's (story submitter), and Cowboy Neal's (Editor and international bon vivant) gross ignorance. BMI has nothing to do directly with RIAA.
I'm not so certain that automatically gives them a free pass and a clean bill of health. Weren't they one of the groups behind the bill that killed internet radio?
Did he mean literally literally or figuratively literally?
Mod this way up.
People (ahem, Cowboy Neal and applemasker or *coughcough* "Ceasar"), don't submit (or post) stories that do nothing more than 1) foster greater misunderstanding of the issues, and 2) demonstrate your ignorance, which in this case is great.
So, according to your story, when faced with an unknown factor, Walter E. Williams was a racist. Did I understand that correctly?
Neither Soros nor Springstein are offering "election insurance" to Bush.
Li'l Wookies!
I take it you haven't been to "Barely Legal Oral Ewoks.com
A much easier summary of the Silmarillion can be found here.
I think there's a few, but it's mostly Linux and GPL types.
Basic orbital physics. Were you educated in Kansas or something?
Or maybe that squeaking from the windmill way over on the left that always seems to need to be oiled.
Deceleration takes as much energy as acceleration in space. To send something into the sun, you need to decelerate, i.e., slow it's orbit. And that's once you've escaped earth's gravity.
The only bit of toxic waste that would be worthwhile to fire into the sun is my cousin Bill Ohreally.
As for the nuclear waste generated aftewards there are a number of clever idea's about how to deal with it including one which disposes of it in the giant fusion reaction that is our Sun.
My personal favorite is to rent a storage locker under a fake name.
Firstly: It appears we have some of the stuff wrapped in aluminium foil and aren't entirely sure where it is.
Try one of these.
*cough*cough*
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Again, it's one thing for a monopoly to leverage it's business, it's another thing if that company has a track record of illegal abusing its monopoly position to stifle competition.
What's really funny here is that MS is going to kill off the companies that have licensed WMA before it even comes close to affecting iTMS. The new media player won't even play drmed wma files you've bought from other services, because it won't recognize their licenses. I'm sure this will get fixed eventually, but you think they didn't know they had this problem before they released the software? No, I'm sure they were aware of the problem and went ahead anyway, so as to soften up the competition. They can claim that it's only a beta.
Dude this is the second good laugh I've had all day! =D (The other one was the link to rodeohead, above.)
Just when I I think I've gotten sick and tired of