I agree. If you are facing the perp walk, what's the point of going in?. Email is the way to go. Even explain to your boss that you can't face the perp walk, if he's even a little human he'll probably sympathise.
Thanks for the compliment. You seem intelligent too, so you probably know that the refusal to support the creation of new embryonic stem cell lines was for religious reasons. At the time there was no way of knowing which approach would work best. We still don't really know.
I suspect that ideologically you are in the small government camp. Which I can sympathise with. However you can't let ideology blind you to the evidence (I won't say the "facts" because of course nothing is 100 percent provable).
Global warming. The overwhelming balance of scientific evidence is that global warming will be a big problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming. Can you point me to a credible science based refutation?
I remember an Indian crying because of trash on the side of the road.
I dunno. I wouldn't mind if there was a little less litter.
I remember that smog was going to cause global cooling.
This is actually still happening. It's called global dimming. It's just that the global warming effect is stronger. Very easy to prove. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming. Again I would love to see a science based refutation. Smog is not a good thing surely? Wouldn't it be nice to have clean air?
I remember the ozone hole was going to cause us all to die from skin cancer.
This is an extremely well observed and documented phenomenon. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_hole. An international treaty ratified by the USA et al (Montreal Treaty 1986) led to a huge reduction in CFC emissions, so the issue is no longer front page news. But there is still an ozone hole.
Apology accepted of course. I agree with you about Fox News polls.
The poll I referred to was scientific, commissioned by CBS and the New York Times. There is even a footnote to the article:-
This poll was conducted among a nationwide random sample of 885 adults interviewed by telephone November 18-21, 2004. There were 795 registered voters. The error due to sampling could be plus or minus three percentage points for results based on all adults and all registered voters.
"It would be a great change of pace to American politics to have two pro-choice candidates."
"I gave in and donated to Ron Paul"
Can't quite work out whether you are pro-choice or not. Anyway you might be interested in Ron Paul's position:-
"The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty. My professional and legislative record demonstrates my strong commitment to this pro-life principle.
In 40 years of medical practice, I never once considered performing an abortion, nor did I ever find abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman. " (http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/life-and-liberty/
Since when was a political CBS news poll considered "scientific"?
Not sure what you mean. They went out and asked a representative sample and then extrapolated the results. It actually is considered scientific.
See wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll).
But at the present moment some technological progress is being stifled in the USA by the anti-scientific fundamentalists ( eg stem cell research - most likely many of the new medical advances will come out of Europe or Asia. Also alternative energy research is being stifled by global warming denial).
There has always been a tug of war between enlightenment and fundamentalism in the United States. The previous high point of fundamentalism was probably in the 1920's (prohibition etc). A trend of enlightenment then began which peaked in 1970's (exactly when the 4004 was patented hmmmm.. a coincidence of course, but...).
The fundamentalist reaction has gathered momentum in the last 8 years or so. Who knows how long it will last.
"Then along came Islam, and since then very little has progressed"
I'm sorry, but you have your time line wrong. The scientific enlightenment came along as a consequence of Islam.
From Wikipedia:
"A number of modern scholars, notably Robert Briffault, Will Durant, Fielding H. Garrison, Alexander von Humboldt, Muhammad Iqbal, Abdus Salam, and Hossein Nasr, consider modern science to have begun from Muslim scientists, who were pioneers of the scientific method and introduced a modern empirical, experimental and quantitative approach to scientific inquiry."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_science/)
Obviously things have gone horribly wrong in the last thousand years. But then again we seem to be going in the same direction in the United States, with intelligent design etc. In fact in the article "Science finds every soil barren in which miracles are taken literally and seriously and revelation is considered to provide authentic knowledge of the physical world" sounds a lot like the United States, where over 50% of the population doesn't accept the theory of evolution
(http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/opinion/polls/main657083.shtml).
I guess that since you aren't a moderate and actually seem to hate moderates, you must describe yourself as an extremist. A moderate is a person who is prepared to compromise on most issues, not someone with a mixed bag of extremist positions on every issue.
There is a moderate position on most issues, whereas extremists think the complexity of any issue can be reduced to hyphenated phrases "pro-life", "pro-gun control", "anti-death penalty", "pro-war".
Here are some examples of moderate positions:-
Make the abortion decision a bit harder (eg mandatory counselling, adoption advice, support for single mothers etc etc). But still allow abortion. This of course is not acceptable to either the pro-choice or pro-life simpletons.
Have stricter controls (eg proper background checks) on hand guns and assault rifles, but still allow any citizen to own any amount and type of guns. Again not acceptable to the to the extremists on either side.
In the Iraq war, a moderate could favour negotiating with Sunni nationalist insurgents (but not Al- Quaeda) to set up autonomous Sunni regions - the "carrot" , while at the same time increasing US force numbers in those regions to apply a "stick".
And by the way, how strongly held are your extreme positions? Would you prefer another American civil war or would you compromise?
So Rhapsody is doing $130m a year. Not bad. That means 1 million subscribers paying $120 a year. Apple has sold on average 10 songs to each ipod owner. Looks like Rhapsody is going after the high end, high yield niche market, which is usually Apple's game.
"(4th Quarter) Music revenue was $33.6 million, a 21% increase over the fourth quarter of 2005". From the Real Networks Corporate Website.
Although in fact I agree with Jobs. Subscription services appeal to music afficionados who value access to a huge library. Most people just want their Fleetwood Mac, Brittney Spears etc and subsciptions don't make sense when you want to buy 10 songs a year.
So it will be a niche market targetting "music nerds" or whatever you mighty call them.
I for one think that Rhapsody is the greatest step forward in the history of the internet.
Well I agree with you anyway, even if no one else does. Javascript is an underrated, powerful language. The sheep will have moved on from Java to the next 'Silver Bullet' in 5 years. How trendy is C++ now?
Any good programmer can code whatever subset he requires in the time it takes to understand and work around all the generalisations and limitations in a framework.
These Java guys have all their self esteem tied up in their choice of language and can't bear the thought that there are other ways of doing things which are no worse and may be better.
Yep. Yahoo finance charts have been rewritten in flash, and they crash on any PC I try (just click around). I just went to macromedia's flex demo page and ran their restaurant finder demo (not exactly a complicated app), and it is beyond slow. I could whip up something better in plain javascript in a couple of days.
The demise of MS is inevitable. The marginal cost of each copy of any kind of software is zero after development has been completed. Which is why MS makes so much money right now. And also why they will eventually be killed. Any hardware manufacturer can deliver a perfectly functional PC without paying for software. Eventually they will figure out how to do it. It's a law of economics. Kind of like gravity.
You are using a conspiracy theory to argue against a scientific theory. You may be right but your arguments are less than rigorous.
I would like to see some actual scientific rebuttal of the available evidence for global warming (and there is some, Ice cores, melting glaciers etc. Also there is no doubt that CO2 levels are much higher).
Fight science with science. Not just a conspiracy theory.
But seeings how not everyone is as perfect as you it does happen on a regular basis
In fact you should welcome this technology. The only real danger for perfect drivers like yourself is those less perfect, whose driving might be improved.
I don't think we are fighting the Taliban. I mean we only have about 10 soldiers in Afghanistan. We are fighting the Iraqis. But of course you Neo-Cons don't know the difference, or are you just pretending ignorance? Do you really think the Taliban live in Iraq?
Dean was screaming to be heard above the noise of the crowd. Unfortunately, the microphone he was screaming into had a filter for ambient noise. It was impossible to hear anyone else but Dean.
It wasn't the scream that killed Dean. His inexperience caused him to lose the Iowa caucuses. In the end Kerry was the right choice. He has a chance of beating Bush. Although Kerry will just maintain things for the next rabid neocon. Dean spoke too much truth for the American electorate. A country gets the government it deserves. The truth will literally have to bite America in the ass before most people will see it. In 10 years we will see a panicked evacuation and helicopters being shoved off the decks of aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf. Just like those pictures of Vietnam. Which no one in America seems to have seen.
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Or just send them an email over the weekend.
I agree. If you are facing the perp walk, what's the point of going in?. Email is the way to go. Even explain to your boss that you can't face the perp walk, if he's even a little human he'll probably sympathise.
and because you seem intelligent....
Thanks for the compliment. You seem intelligent too, so you probably know that the refusal to support the creation of new embryonic stem cell lines was for religious reasons. At the time there was no way of knowing which approach would work best. We still don't really know.
I suspect that ideologically you are in the small government camp. Which I can sympathise with. However you can't let ideology blind you to the evidence (I won't say the "facts" because of course nothing is 100 percent provable).
Global warming. The overwhelming balance of scientific evidence is that global warming will be a big problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming. Can you point me to a credible science based refutation?
I remember an Indian crying because of trash on the side of the road.
I dunno. I wouldn't mind if there was a little less litter.
I remember that smog was going to cause global cooling.
This is actually still happening. It's called global dimming. It's just that the global warming effect is stronger. Very easy to prove. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming. Again I would love to see a science based refutation.
Smog is not a good thing surely? Wouldn't it be nice to have clean air?
I remember the ozone hole was going to cause us all to die from skin cancer.
This is an extremely well observed and documented phenomenon. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_hole. An international treaty ratified by the USA et al (Montreal Treaty 1986) led to a huge reduction in CFC emissions, so the issue is no longer front page news. But there is still an ozone hole.
I look forward to your reply, sir.
My apologies sir.
Apology accepted of course. I agree with you about Fox News polls.
The poll I referred to was scientific, commissioned by CBS and the New York Times. There is even a footnote to the article:- This poll was conducted among a nationwide random sample of 885 adults interviewed by telephone November 18-21, 2004. There were 795 registered voters. The error due to sampling could be plus or minus three percentage points for results based on all adults and all registered voters.
"It would be a great change of pace to American politics to have two pro-choice candidates."
"I gave in and donated to Ron Paul"
Can't quite work out whether you are pro-choice or not. Anyway you might be interested in Ron Paul's position:-
"The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty. My professional and legislative record demonstrates my strong commitment to this pro-life principle. In 40 years of medical practice, I never once considered performing an abortion, nor did I ever find abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman. " (http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/life-and-liberty/
Since when was a political CBS news poll considered "scientific"?
Not sure what you mean. They went out and asked a representative sample and then extrapolated the results. It actually is considered scientific.
See wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll).
It is classical statistics, which is considered a mathematical science ((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics/).
Good point. We are a long way from Saudi Arabia.
But at the present moment some technological progress is being stifled in the USA by the anti-scientific fundamentalists ( eg stem cell research - most likely many of the new medical advances will come out of Europe or Asia. Also alternative energy research is being stifled by global warming denial).
There has always been a tug of war between enlightenment and fundamentalism in the United States. The previous high point of fundamentalism was probably in the 1920's (prohibition etc). A trend of enlightenment then began which peaked in 1970's (exactly when the 4004 was patented hmmmm.. a coincidence of course, but...).
The fundamentalist reaction has gathered momentum in the last 8 years or so. Who knows how long it will last.
"Then along came Islam, and since then very little has progressed"
I'm sorry, but you have your time line wrong. The scientific enlightenment came along as a consequence of Islam.
From Wikipedia:
"A number of modern scholars, notably Robert Briffault, Will Durant, Fielding H. Garrison, Alexander von Humboldt, Muhammad Iqbal, Abdus Salam, and Hossein Nasr, consider modern science to have begun from Muslim scientists, who were pioneers of the scientific method and introduced a modern empirical, experimental and quantitative approach to scientific inquiry."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_science/)
Obviously things have gone horribly wrong in the last thousand years. But then again we seem to be going in the same direction in the United States, with intelligent design etc. In fact in the article "Science finds every soil barren in which miracles are taken literally and seriously and revelation is considered to provide authentic knowledge of the physical world" sounds a lot like the United States, where over 50% of the population doesn't accept the theory of evolution (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/opinion/polls/main657083.shtml).
Affect the bottom line of the airline? Doesn't look like it.
Obviously less foreigners are going to fly into the United States, therefore less revenue.
There is a tacit conspiracy between all parents. They won't admit that having kids pretty much ended their life. They now live for their children.
I guess that since you aren't a moderate and actually seem to hate moderates, you must describe yourself as an extremist. A moderate is a person who is prepared to compromise on most issues, not someone with a mixed bag of extremist positions on every issue.
There is a moderate position on most issues, whereas extremists think the complexity of any issue can be reduced to hyphenated phrases "pro-life", "pro-gun control", "anti-death penalty", "pro-war".
Here are some examples of moderate positions:-
Make the abortion decision a bit harder (eg mandatory counselling, adoption advice, support for single mothers etc etc). But still allow abortion. This of course is not acceptable to either the pro-choice or pro-life simpletons.
Have stricter controls (eg proper background checks) on hand guns and assault rifles, but still allow any citizen to own any amount and type of guns. Again not acceptable to the to the extremists on either side.
In the Iraq war, a moderate could favour negotiating with Sunni nationalist insurgents (but not Al- Quaeda) to set up autonomous Sunni regions - the "carrot" , while at the same time increasing US force numbers in those regions to apply a "stick".
And by the way, how strongly held are your extreme positions? Would you prefer another American civil war or would you compromise?
"4th Quarter Music revenue was $33.6 million, a 21% increase over the fourth quarter of 2005".
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From the Real Networks Website http://investor.realnetworks.com/releasedetail.cf
So Rhapsody is doing $130m a year. Not bad. That means 1 million subscribers paying $120 a year. Apple has sold on average 10 songs to each ipod owner. Looks like Rhapsody is going after the high end, high yield niche market, which is usually Apple's game.
"(4th Quarter) Music revenue was $33.6 million, a 21% increase over the fourth quarter of 2005". From the Real Networks Corporate Website.
Although in fact I agree with Jobs. Subscription services appeal to music afficionados who value access to a huge library. Most people just want their Fleetwood Mac, Brittney Spears etc and subsciptions don't make sense when you want to buy 10 songs a year.
So it will be a niche market targetting "music nerds" or whatever you mighty call them.
I for one think that Rhapsody is the greatest step forward in the history of the internet.
Well I agree with you anyway, even if no one else does. Javascript is an underrated, powerful language. The sheep will have moved on from Java to the next 'Silver Bullet' in 5 years. How trendy is C++ now?
Any good programmer can code whatever subset he requires in the time it takes to understand and work around all the generalisations and limitations in a framework.
These Java guys have all their self esteem tied up in their choice of language and can't bear the thought that there are other ways of doing things which are no worse and may be better.
That's why so many people died protecting it.
So are you in Iraq then. Or are you just a talker? I think I can guess buddy.
shove it, moron.
Hear, Hear.
Yep. Yahoo finance charts have been rewritten in flash, and they crash on any PC I try (just click around). I just went to macromedia's flex demo page and ran their restaurant finder demo (not exactly a complicated app), and it is beyond slow. I could whip up something better in plain javascript in a couple of days.
It doesn't even work in konqueror properly!
Maybe konqueror guy should try a bit harder for IE compatibility. I can't see google loosing any sleep over it.
Same-old garbage garbage garbage.
...or is the openoffice word processor much slower than MS Word?
The demise of MS is inevitable. The marginal cost of each copy of any kind of software is zero after development has been completed. Which is why MS makes so much money right now. And also why they will eventually be killed. Any hardware manufacturer can deliver a perfectly functional PC without paying for software. Eventually they will figure out how to do it. It's a law of economics. Kind of like gravity.
but at core, Global Warming is religion
You are using a conspiracy theory to argue against a scientific theory. You may be right but your arguments are less than rigorous.
I would like to see some actual scientific rebuttal of the available evidence for global warming (and there is some, Ice cores, melting glaciers etc. Also there is no doubt that CO2 levels are much higher).
Fight science with science. Not just a conspiracy theory.
But seeings how not everyone is as perfect as you it does happen on a regular basis
In fact you should welcome this technology. The only real danger for perfect drivers like yourself is those less perfect, whose driving might be improved.
I don't think we are fighting the Taliban. I mean we only have about 10 soldiers in Afghanistan. We are fighting the Iraqis. But of course you Neo-Cons don't know the difference, or are you just pretending ignorance? Do you really think the Taliban live in Iraq?
Jimmy Carter needs to monitor the USA 2004 elections.
Dean was screaming to be heard above the noise of the crowd. Unfortunately, the microphone he was screaming into had a filter for ambient noise. It was impossible to hear anyone else but Dean.
It wasn't the scream that killed Dean. His inexperience caused him to lose the Iowa caucuses. In the end Kerry was the right choice. He has a chance of beating Bush. Although Kerry will just maintain things for the next rabid neocon. Dean spoke too much truth for the American electorate. A country gets the government it deserves. The truth will literally have to bite America in the ass before most people will see it. In 10 years we will see a panicked evacuation and helicopters being shoved off the decks of aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf. Just like those pictures of Vietnam. Which no one in America seems to have seen.