Too harshly? Why, in my day, after Prometheus stole fire and gave it to mankind, we chained the guy to a rock and had a giant bird eat out his liver every day. Now that's punishment!
It is hoped that the project will lead to the preservation of data that is constantly changing on the Internet.
One possible reason: because the OIA and Company might need the data to track down terrorists, etc. (Much the same way that the FBI keeps a collection of outdated phones books.)
After all, when the events of Iran-Contra blew over, Congress quietly passed a bill authorizing the CIA to use any Federal agency for cover. Why not the Library of Congress? Indeed, where else? Makes perfect sense.
Thank God somebody did the right thing. Too bad is wasn't my countrymen. After WWII, the United States made a Devil's pact with Reinhard Gehlen -- absorbing Gehlen's spy apparatus into the US spy apparatus. (Or... was it the other way around?)
I don't generally read my code out loud in public -- if I've got an audience I prefer to sing the code. There's nothing quite like "Ode to a C++ Pointer" to get the crowd going...:)
According to the Old Testament, God gave Adam the power to name the birds and the beasts -- thus giving Adam dominion over the natural world.
Similarly, in her "Earthsea Trilogy" series, Ursula K. LeGuin emphasizes that everything has a true name, and that this true name is what wizards use when conjuring.
In my own line of work, I've learned that good programming begins with good naming conventions.
Everything has a name -- even if it's nothing more than "Hey! You!"
Isn't this what women want? A lover who is slower, but does more....
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Slaves weren't people under the American system of slavery: they were property, to be used as the property owner saw fit.
But that's not true of all slave systems throughout history. The laws of ancient Greece and Rome granted various rights to slaves. (A lucky slave might even save enough money to purchase his own freedom.)
Sparta was a particularly interesting case: slaves belonged to the State, and were only "on loan" to their current master.
Patrick Henry said "Give me liberty or give me death" -- but he didn't say it to the slaves working his plantation.
"He concedes the evil, laments his entrapment in the system, suggests it will be abolished in the fullness of time, and declares that he will transmit to posterity, together with his slaves, a pity for their unhappy lot and an abhorrence of slavery. Henry was skilled at the politics of gesture and brave in defiance of convention, but on this issue -- the gravest and most fateful in our history -- [he followed] the common path of least resistance and left successor generations to sip the sorrow of his era's default."
I too blanked out most of Rama II... except the part about where the woman and the man, umm, have intercourse -- because it's supposed to be a love scene but instead it's this (yawn) clinical analysis of their behavior.
That, and the page after page of irrelevant Eleanor of Aquataine junk.
I blame Gentry Lee. Not that Clarke is capable of writing a proper love scene... but God! God save us from Gentry Lee!
The original Rama was excellent, the sequels sucked horribly.
The original Dune was excellent, the sequels didn't all suck horribly. Come to think of it, the second was the worst of the lot. (Pressure on Herbert to publish in haste?)
Nonetheless, the original Dune stirred me in a way the sequels didn't.
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Too harshly? Why, in my day, after Prometheus stole fire and gave it to mankind, we chained the guy to a rock and had a giant bird eat out his liver every day. Now that's punishment!
"Word bursts" is too boring a term, moreover it's not very academic. I suggest "blogolalia" instead.
The submitter refers to Microsoft as "America's favorite monopoly" ... but of course, America's favorite monopoly is the Government.
... didn't we?)
(It is our favorite, right? I mean, we voted for it
Thanks cgenman -- great parody, made me laugh!
This story would be more interesting if every last one of the stolen credit card numbers had been used fraudulently. Now that would be an exploit!
It is hoped that the project will lead to the preservation of data that is constantly changing on the Internet.
One possible reason: because the OIA and Company might need the data to track down terrorists, etc. (Much the same way that the FBI keeps a collection of outdated phones books.)
After all, when the events of Iran-Contra blew over, Congress quietly passed a bill authorizing the CIA to use any Federal agency for cover. Why not the Library of Congress? Indeed, where else? Makes perfect sense.
Thank God somebody did the right thing. Too bad is wasn't my countrymen. After WWII, the United States made a Devil's pact with Reinhard Gehlen -- absorbing Gehlen's spy apparatus into the US spy apparatus. (Or ... was it the other way around?)
There's plenty of water, so ... when the Martians attack Earth, it's because they want our C02, right?
I don't generally read my code out loud in public -- if I've got an audience I prefer to sing the code. There's nothing quite like "Ode to a C++ Pointer" to get the crowd going ... :)
I know a guy who named his cat "Meeyower", because the cats says "Meeyow" ....
Couldn't we just drop all the kids into a big meat grinder, like in The Wall ...?
According to the Old Testament, God gave Adam the power to name the birds and the beasts -- thus giving Adam dominion over the natural world.
Similarly, in her "Earthsea Trilogy" series, Ursula K. LeGuin emphasizes that everything has a true name, and that this true name is what wizards use when conjuring.
In my own line of work, I've learned that good programming begins with good naming conventions.
Everything has a name -- even if it's nothing more than "Hey! You!"
Women are too a rare and unique species. Just ask my wife.
Isn't this what women want? A lover who is slower, but does more ....
Slaves weren't people under the American system of slavery: they were property, to be used as the property owner saw fit.
But that's not true of all slave systems throughout history. The laws of ancient Greece and Rome granted various rights to slaves. (A lucky slave might even save enough money to purchase his own freedom.)
Sparta was a particularly interesting case: slaves belonged to the State, and were only "on loan" to their current master.
From the trailer, I expected Fight Club to be the kind of Brad Pitt vehicle I don't bother watching.
A friend convinced me to give it a try -- and she was right! I was very pleasantly surprised -- a witty, allegorical tale, well told.
I too blanked out most of Rama II ... except the part about where the woman and the man, umm, have intercourse -- because it's supposed to be a love scene but instead it's this (yawn) clinical analysis of their behavior.
... but God! God save us from Gentry Lee!
That, and the page after page of irrelevant Eleanor of Aquataine junk.
I blame Gentry Lee. Not that Clarke is capable of writing a proper love scene
Children of Dune ... that's the one where Duncan Idaho clones try to kill the big worm? Or was that the fourth book?
Forgettable either way, I guess.
"Lee's approach was to stifle through belabored description ..."
That's the big problem, right there.
Made me laugh! Too bad I don't have mod privileges today.
Damn the Hungry Imperialists!
If they hunt the Boogeyman to extinction, what will be left to frighten the children?
Quite right -- my Dune comparison was off-target.
The original Rama was excellent, the sequels sucked horribly.
The original Dune was excellent, the sequels didn't all suck horribly. Come to think of it, the second was the worst of the lot. (Pressure on Herbert to publish in haste?)
Nonetheless, the original Dune stirred me in a way the sequels didn't.
Once drug dealers take plastic, the DEA is set.
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I read (somewhere, back in the late eighties?) that a majority of twenty dollar bills tested positive for micro-traces of cocaine
... all my commies were eaten by the Boogeyman!