I saw the demo with a copper pipe and some cow magnets. It worked great. If the pipe isn't too long, then you can look down it and watch the magnet fall. It's really cool; it's definately stuck with me after high school.
It all boils down to the fact that "terrorist" is the new version of "communist" which was itself a newer version of the term "witch". You apply it to anybody who interferes with the way you want the world to run and see how long you can get away with it.
I agree completely.
I am rather frightened by the current governemnt and the legislation they are creating. Does anyone remember how Bush got elected? He walked into office without the approval of the majority of voters. In a matter of months he signed the Patriot Act: a controversial law with questionable constitutionality that never could have been passed by someone out of favor with the public. How did he manange to change his stauts so quickly? He was conviently presented with the latest witch.
It's interesting to be at a point in time where history repeats itself and a nation full of people stand by and watch.
I think that the US federal government should break this chicken-egg cycle of service and demand for the same reasons it created the interstate highway system.
The main parallel between the highway system and the internet is that they both promote interstate and international trade. As such, the government has established precedence for economic intervention.
Furthermore, the results of such intervention have been astounding. The entire American landscape would be dramatically different if the highway system did not exist. It is encouraging to think that such impressive results could come from government subsized internet construction. (In fact, I believe many of the campus networks that offer such incredible hardware were originally funded funded by the NSF.)
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I saw the demo with a copper pipe and some cow magnets. It worked great. If the pipe isn't too long, then you can look down it and watch the magnet fall. It's really cool; it's definately stuck with me after high school.
It all boils down to the fact that "terrorist" is the new version of "communist" which was itself a newer version of the term "witch". You apply it to anybody who interferes with the way you want the world to run and see how long you can get away with it.
I agree completely.
I am rather frightened by the current governemnt and the legislation they are creating. Does anyone remember how Bush got elected? He walked into office without the approval of the majority of voters. In a matter of months he signed the Patriot Act: a controversial law with questionable constitutionality that never could have been passed by someone out of favor with the public. How did he manange to change his stauts so quickly? He was conviently presented with the latest witch.
It's interesting to be at a point in time where history repeats itself and a nation full of people stand by and watch.
I think that the US federal government should break this chicken-egg cycle of service and demand for the same reasons it created the interstate highway system.
The main parallel between the highway system and the internet is that they both promote interstate and international trade. As such, the government has established precedence for economic intervention.
Furthermore, the results of such intervention have been astounding. The entire American landscape would be dramatically different if the highway system did not exist. It is encouraging to think that such impressive results could come from government subsized internet construction. (In fact, I believe many of the campus networks that offer such incredible hardware were originally funded funded by the NSF.)