The most amusing (and truthful) analysis of Bush's recent poll numbers state 1/3rd of the country thinks he's boiled evil, another 1/3rd has a maliable opinion, and the remaining 1/3rd would eat glass before saying ANYTHING against a Republican administration.
So, it leaves only 29% sticking by Bush/Cheney and their "conservation is a personal virtue but bad public policy" viewpoint. On the surface Bush tried to communicate some conservation goals, but they are the equivalent to going on a diet where you reduce the amount of ketchup on your super-size order of fries by 25% over the next 5 years.
This was the whole business model of EDS and IBM in the blue suit days. Banks and other such institutions that were once paper based had hard time trusting their critical information to a realm they couldn't "SEE". This is ancient history to us today. People trust computers today in general...but it is still TRUST that the serious IT providers sell.
If you look like you might have taken a bong hit in your car before you showed up for your interview you will have an initial hurdle to overcome before you are trusted.
If you were going to have brain surgery would you want your Dr. to look like Sam Waterston or Tommy Lee?
Driving to work some months ago I noticed the guy in the car next to me had a wire pyramid on his head. I thought that was a bit odd, but I think he had it all figured out...focus the BAD EMF and relay it to the alien mother ship to thwart their assault.
Many of the deployed RPV aircraft are piloted from stateside bases. Although it is rather encouraging our soldiers may be able to perform some dangerous tasks such as shooting people without the bother of being shot at themselves. On the otherhand the kill or be killed equation is completely changed. I wonder what the remote control senerio will mean to the fire/don't fire decision process.
Retaining talent is one thing. Retaining your best talent is the key. In the IT industry your top 20% produce at a level many times the bottom 20%. There needs to be a means of identifying the best of the best...and rewarding them...and culling the herd.
I wonder if in 30 years the wonders of nanotubes will be a tragic tale like asbestos. Asbestos is a wonderful material with many useful applications, but that is not what most people think of...most of the general public thinks of lung cancer. Suspended in paint the small nanotubes will do no harm. How will that material age and what will be the environmental impact over time?
As a woodworker I am aware of the respiratory issues with small particles. Any time I see "X times smaller than a human hair" I think lung damage.
One needs to take care reading apocolyptic texts with out an awareness of the symbolism. The number 6 is a human number...as opposed to 7, the day of the Lord. The number is repeated (666) because in Revelation text leading to this point introduces an "anti-trinity" of sorts.
In other words the government is too lazy to come up with a means of mining this information on their own so they are compelling a public company to supply the logs for them to perform their analysis.
I think with a little creativity the government could instrument a government institution...say HUD, DoD, DoE and trap any outgoing searches to major search engines. This might be even more useful as you could then toss these searches against ALL of the major search engines and see what results come back. You could determine if MSN is more likely to return porn links than Yahoo.
If there wasn't a buzz about government over-reach, people would be more likely to see this for what it is.
Google gets folks to what their looking for. If a content provider offers a valueable service they will get return visits. If for example I have a dedicated to some hobby...lets say basket weaving. If I have some pretty pictures, some instructional content, and some links to people selling baskets, tools, materials etc. I might get people to come through my portal in the future to buy stuff...more likely they will bookmark the vendor they went to...
If I have pictures from visiting artists projects each month I may attract ongoing repeat visits of gallery folks looking for baskets to sell.
If I added pictures/video of "big name" basket weavers doing their thing I would get repeat visitors and have a hook to encourage them to buy new tools or materials to make their own similar product...or sell hi-res full length video of demonstration.
If you want folks to FIND your site you need to be findable (read search engines help you). If you want to be remembered...offer something memorable and something worth coming back for.
It's funny, though, how their interpretations seem to line up _exactly_ with the Democratic party's interpretations
...and its also funny how our energy policy under this administration lines up exactly with the input from the likes of now indicted crooks from Enron. At least the Democratic party is transparent in their platform. If I follow your logic correctly...the Democratic party supports liberty for individuals and moderation of executive powers by congress and courts. Since the Democratic Party supports these views they are BAD, we should dispense with this nieve notion of freedom and become a imperial police state to keep the axis of evil (whoever they say is the bad guy) away from us in some 3rd world black hole. - Kafka Lives
Now that our national security is compromised by the Sony (a foreign entity) we can arrest Sony executives as unlawful combatants, toss them on a jet and fly them to some 3rd world hinterland and work them over? Sounds appealing!
When physicists brew up this stuff it is "fancy curve fitting". Over time the underlaying mechanism and "dark matter" will either be confirmed with a tighter theory and set of more elegant math or end up in the dustbin of "what were we thinking?" ideas.
I guess this article came out two weeks to late for me...I just picked up an e-bay 700MHz G3 iBook for the wife to browse/email etc...(she was sick of going into the cold basement to use the Linux rig and wanted a laptop.
Does anyone know if the G3 failures are on the left (infant mortality) or right (premature aging) hand side of the Weibel? It would suck to have the main board go out on this one.
One needs to take care with the distinction between truth and fact. I am of the opinion that ID is both bad (non) science AND bad theology. What I appreciate of the judges decision is took the time to articulate the definition of the scientific endeavor. While dismissing ID for what it was he didn't over-reach with a God is dead Agnostic/Athiest position either.
When it comes to religion their can be truth without fact. Take for instance the story of the prodigal son. Was there really such a family Christ was referencing?...probably not. Is there "truth" about the human condition?...certainly!
Even with a suburban sprawl model a small amount of planning can get a lot of cars off of the road. Sadly in many communities the forethought and planning just doesn't happen. The infrastructure costs of a bike friendly community are cheap in comparison to roads and parking lots.
In Seattle on my 15 mile commute only about 1 mile of that was nasty in terms of traffic hazard, but it was manageable.
I now live in mo-town and there are some great bike trails, but they are not built with the commuter in mind. A typical rider on these trails puts their bike on their car, drives to the trail, rides around, and then loads their bike back up and goes home. I would need to bike 25-30 miles to go 10-15 miles from home. Also, kind of like the challenge of communications technology, the last mile is bitch
I am frankly more than fed up with folks reveling in their ignorance as if its noble. If people think they or others are intelligent that is a sin? Only God is intelligent...thus "Intelligent Design".
As a Christian and a scientist I am of the opinion that "Intelligent Design" is bad science and bad theology.
As for the "poser intellectualts"...there are idiots and assholes at every point of the compass and everywhere on the spectrum from left to right.
I think what most people are frustrated with is the complete absence of dialog and debate. I personally think that the likes of Karl Rove and his Democratic counterparts have done this. It seems nobody has the time for a real debate any more. We see our President in front of a banner with the "on message" catch phrase of the week. We hear some hand wringing wimp from the democratic side whining...
So, getting back to the topic of the article, TRANSPARENCY is the key. I agree the President should ability to receive candid input from whoever he wants it from....but if Enron execs ghost wrote our energy policy (as is likely the case) the voting public deserves to know and make an informed decision. The news media is so busy reporting on each other that they can't be counted on for that....but there is still hope unless our voting machines can't be relied upon as unbiased (not to claim they were ever perfect), it is that much easier for the cynical and power hungry to ignore the frustrated voter...and in turn it is easier for the frustrated voter to tune out.
There has been enough lying, cheating and stealing that we don't have to peg natural disasters on them.
It will be interesting to watch for alternative scientific viewpoints. A denial of magnetic polarity or the existance of magnetism entirely. My ability to attach my kindergartener's drawings to the refrigerator with a cylinder of processed ferrous material is proof of God's abiding presence and approval of my parenting, not some hack theory of mysterious fields we can't see!
Arnold is a Republican hero. Watching Commando back in the eighties we lost count of the body count somewhere over 230. Violence will not inspire indignation.
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The most amusing (and truthful) analysis of Bush's recent poll numbers state 1/3rd of the country thinks he's boiled evil, another 1/3rd has a maliable opinion, and the remaining 1/3rd would eat glass before saying ANYTHING against a Republican administration.
So, it leaves only 29% sticking by Bush/Cheney and their "conservation is a personal virtue but bad public policy" viewpoint. On the surface Bush tried to communicate some conservation goals, but they are the equivalent to going on a diet where you reduce the amount of ketchup on your super-size order of fries by 25% over the next 5 years.
It's starting to sound like a Judas Priest song.
If you look like you might have taken a bong hit in your car before you showed up for your interview you will have an initial hurdle to overcome before you are trusted.
If you were going to have brain surgery would you want your Dr. to look like Sam Waterston or Tommy Lee?
Driving to work some months ago I noticed the guy in the car next to me had a wire pyramid on his head. I thought that was a bit odd, but I think he had it all figured out...focus the BAD EMF and relay it to the alien mother ship to thwart their assault.
Many of the deployed RPV aircraft are piloted from stateside bases. Although it is rather encouraging our soldiers may be able to perform some dangerous tasks such as shooting people without the bother of being shot at themselves. On the otherhand the kill or be killed equation is completely changed. I wonder what the remote control senerio will mean to the fire/don't fire decision process.
Retaining talent is one thing. Retaining your best talent is the key. In the IT industry your top 20% produce at a level many times the bottom 20%. There needs to be a means of identifying the best of the best...and rewarding them...and culling the herd.
Take for example this poll, ...of the troops surveyed...85 percent believe a major reason they were sent into war was "to retaliate for Saddam's role in the Sept. 11 attacks." Granted this poll was conducted by Stars and Stripes, one can't take unpatriotic bleeding heart liberal media like this too seriously.
As a woodworker I am aware of the respiratory issues with small particles. Any time I see "X times smaller than a human hair" I think lung damage.
In the words of Wally..."I'm going to go code myself and RV!"
One needs to take care reading apocolyptic texts with out an awareness of the symbolism. The number 6 is a human number...as opposed to 7, the day of the Lord. The number is repeated (666) because in Revelation text leading to this point introduces an "anti-trinity" of sorts.
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I think with a little creativity the government could instrument a government institution...say HUD, DoD, DoE and trap any outgoing searches to major search engines. This might be even more useful as you could then toss these searches against ALL of the major search engines and see what results come back. You could determine if MSN is more likely to return porn links than Yahoo.
If there wasn't a buzz about government over-reach, people would be more likely to see this for what it is.
If I have pictures from visiting artists projects each month I may attract ongoing repeat visits of gallery folks looking for baskets to sell.
If I added pictures/video of "big name" basket weavers doing their thing I would get repeat visitors and have a hook to encourage them to buy new tools or materials to make their own similar product...or sell hi-res full length video of demonstration.
If you want folks to FIND your site you need to be findable (read search engines help you). If you want to be remembered...offer something memorable and something worth coming back for.
...and its also funny how our energy policy under this administration lines up exactly with the input from the likes of now indicted crooks from Enron. At least the Democratic party is transparent in their platform. If I follow your logic correctly...the Democratic party supports liberty for individuals and moderation of executive powers by congress and courts. Since the Democratic Party supports these views they are BAD, we should dispense with this nieve notion of freedom and become a imperial police state to keep the axis of evil (whoever they say is the bad guy) away from us in some 3rd world black hole. - Kafka Lives
Now that our national security is compromised by the Sony (a foreign entity) we can arrest Sony executives as unlawful combatants, toss them on a jet and fly them to some 3rd world hinterland and work them over? Sounds appealing!
When physicists brew up this stuff it is "fancy curve fitting". Over time the underlaying mechanism and "dark matter" will either be confirmed with a tighter theory and set of more elegant math or end up in the dustbin of "what were we thinking?" ideas.
Does anyone know if the G3 failures are on the left (infant mortality) or right (premature aging) hand side of the Weibel? It would suck to have the main board go out on this one.
If they presented Microsoft with a fine that followed the Indian fable of rice and the chessboard that would certainly get their attention!
If you have nothing to hide what is the problem with a daily cavity search and tissue sample?
When it comes to religion their can be truth without fact. Take for instance the story of the prodigal son. Was there really such a family Christ was referencing?...probably not. Is there "truth" about the human condition?...certainly!
I am all for 33,000,000 bit encryption. That ought to keep the NSA's brute force decryption of my subversive activities spinning for a few millenia.
In Seattle on my 15 mile commute only about 1 mile of that was nasty in terms of traffic hazard, but it was manageable.
I now live in mo-town and there are some great bike trails, but they are not built with the commuter in mind. A typical rider on these trails puts their bike on their car, drives to the trail, rides around, and then loads their bike back up and goes home. I would need to bike 25-30 miles to go 10-15 miles from home. Also, kind of like the challenge of communications technology, the last mile is bitch
As a Christian and a scientist I am of the opinion that "Intelligent Design" is bad science and bad theology.
As for the "poser intellectualts"...there are idiots and assholes at every point of the compass and everywhere on the spectrum from left to right.
I think what most people are frustrated with is the complete absence of dialog and debate. I personally think that the likes of Karl Rove and his Democratic counterparts have done this. It seems nobody has the time for a real debate any more. We see our President in front of a banner with the "on message" catch phrase of the week. We hear some hand wringing wimp from the democratic side whining...
So, getting back to the topic of the article, TRANSPARENCY is the key. I agree the President should ability to receive candid input from whoever he wants it from....but if Enron execs ghost wrote our energy policy (as is likely the case) the voting public deserves to know and make an informed decision. The news media is so busy reporting on each other that they can't be counted on for that....but there is still hope unless our voting machines can't be relied upon as unbiased (not to claim they were ever perfect), it is that much easier for the cynical and power hungry to ignore the frustrated voter...and in turn it is easier for the frustrated voter to tune out.
There has been enough lying, cheating and stealing that we don't have to peg natural disasters on them. It will be interesting to watch for alternative scientific viewpoints. A denial of magnetic polarity or the existance of magnetism entirely. My ability to attach my kindergartener's drawings to the refrigerator with a cylinder of processed ferrous material is proof of God's abiding presence and approval of my parenting, not some hack theory of mysterious fields we can't see!
Arnold is a Republican hero. Watching Commando back in the eighties we lost count of the body count somewhere over 230. Violence will not inspire indignation.