Google Earth is not a Google developed product - they just bought the Keyhole viewer. And you can thank ESRI, MapInfo, Microstation, and others for developing that market.
Face it, Google copies others just like every other company copies others. The whole idea of any company being the One True Innovator is a marketing myth.
As for your #1, the Executive branch has been writing the budgets, but that is only custom, not a requirement. In fact, the House is responsible for originating all budgets IIRC. But that would mean taking responsibility for something, and they don't get bribes for doing that sort of thing.
Um, no. There were no links between the Anabaptists and the Waldensians. Anabaptist means "rebaptizer" - they did not believe in infant baptism (well papal authority was also on the list) - you might check the Wikipedia article on Anabaptists - it's not too bad.
Also, the Anabaptists were the precursors of todays modern Anabaptists - the Amish, Mennonites, Brethren, etc. Baptists are similar, but come from a different movement.
That "guy" is Shan de Silva, who's like, ya know, a volcanologist. He was chair of the Space Studies department at UND up until, um, 2006 IIRC. The email address you saw with space in it was probably space.edu - the Space Studies department domain.
Unlike you, not only has he read peer-reviewed literature, he has contributed to the greater body of work on the subject of volcanoes.
Oh, just so you know - UND Space Studies is an interdisciplinary program, covering Earth and space science and law/policy/economics of space exploration (warning, not a complete list of subjects).
Now, I guess I'd better get back to my paper on Space Situational Awareness since it's due on Sunday.
2. all either one has to do is beat the other party...
Your simplified statement strikes a cord. But when it comes down to election time, voters are more considerate than you give them credit and the competition benefits voters.
Maybe in some places, but I know that when I lived in Missouri, you could vote straight party line. There were boxes at the top of the ballot where you could mark "vote for all Republicans|Democrats|whatever". Not much thought goes into making that selection, IMHO.
Which is just how it used to be. Read about how Bobby Kennedy worked the floor (and back rooms) of the Democratic convention to get Jack nominated. The idea of selecting a nominee by primary is relatively new.
Variety is indeed the spice of life, and simply living with people that you adapt your values to in exchange for feeling a sense of belonging is a false one.
You don't think this is a problem on the 'net? There are thousands of little groups that hang out with each other, online, because they re-enforce each other's beliefs. Look at profiles on MySpace or other sites and see how many people are looking for a "safe" place to talk about things. I see that as code for "think like I do".
All that the Internet has enabled is that people can now hang out with other people just like them - Regardless of Geography.
Aerospace (Boeing, Cessna, and many others), Defense, Oil, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, and all the other typical stuff. I think I read that Olathe (suburban KC) is one of the most expensive places to find housing in the US.
$25K in Kansas? If you can only pull down 25K, you are working at McDonalds or something. Heck, I work for a County Government (in Kansas no less) and make $43K, and that is way below private sector wages.
Not long ago, before I decided to be all civic minded and work for the government, I was making $70K managing a 4 person programming shop.
$100K/year is not that hard to find either. So, basically, you don't know what you're talking about wrt wages in flyover country.
When it's all said and done, they'll layoff several thousand, and everyone will say "whew, we dodged the bullet there" since it didn't turn out to be 150K.
And IBM will look like the good guys, or at least not-so-bad guys.
It really is more complex than the rights/responsibilities of a "sovereign" - the idea of the Law of Nations used by the Melians flows directly from the concept of sovereignty.
Are you aware of the concept of sovereignty? A State must have control over its borders, etc. That's not Nationalism, that's the basic underlying principle for nearly all International Law.
Of course, sovereignty doesn't preclude cooperation - but even cooperation doesn't remove the inherent responsibility of a State for looking out for what it perceives as its own best interests.
Sorry, but I can't fully agree with this. When I started out in programming, it was on the System/38, a system specifically designed so that you didn't have to know the architecture. In fact, the entire underlying hardware architecture could change and you wouldn't (normally) have to recompile any code since the microcode handled all that.
Why should the Federal government pay for anything related to education? It has no Constitutional role in education, and I resent my tax money being spent on education.
I agree. Just because the equipment may have a secure mode, doesn't mean that it was used. This was constantly a problem in Vietnam as well as an ongoing problem in Iraq. Comm gear is only as secure as the operators of the net make it. Just because, for example, you use frequency hopping doesn't mean that you can't be monitored successfully.
Without good COMSEC practices, even secure nets can be compromised. This means that you can't assume that you are moving too fast for the intel to be worthwhile, or that the enemy is too unsophisticated to be able to monitor.
And don't get me started on the risk that cell/satellite phones have.
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Not if all the points are equidistant from each other.
Google Earth is not a Google developed product - they just bought the Keyhole viewer. And you can thank ESRI, MapInfo, Microstation, and others for developing that market.
Face it, Google copies others just like every other company copies others. The whole idea of any company being the One True Innovator is a marketing myth.
As for your #1, the Executive branch has been writing the budgets, but that is only custom, not a requirement. In fact, the House is responsible for originating all budgets IIRC. But that would mean taking responsibility for something, and they don't get bribes for doing that sort of thing.
The reason? Canada ice uses Enzyte, the best product for natural enhancement.
Um, no. There were no links between the Anabaptists and the Waldensians. Anabaptist means "rebaptizer" - they did not believe in infant baptism (well papal authority was also on the list) - you might check the Wikipedia article on Anabaptists - it's not too bad.
Also, the Anabaptists were the precursors of todays modern Anabaptists - the Amish, Mennonites, Brethren, etc. Baptists are similar, but come from a different movement.
I'm pretty sure there were more Anabaptists burned/drowned/sliced&diced than witches during that time period.
One problem with the idea that global warming is all extra solar output is the 'ol "Faint Young Sun" paradox.
How about we spend less time arguing about fault/causation, and more time on mitigation. Or at least some time discussing that?
That "guy" is Shan de Silva, who's like, ya know, a volcanologist. He was chair of the Space Studies department at UND up until, um, 2006 IIRC. The email address you saw with space in it was probably space.edu - the Space Studies department domain.
Unlike you, not only has he read peer-reviewed literature, he has contributed to the greater body of work on the subject of volcanoes.
Oh, just so you know - UND Space Studies is an interdisciplinary program, covering Earth and space science and law/policy/economics of space exploration (warning, not a complete list of subjects).
Now, I guess I'd better get back to my paper on Space Situational Awareness since it's due on Sunday.
Maybe in some places, but I know that when I lived in Missouri, you could vote straight party line. There were boxes at the top of the ballot where you could mark "vote for all Republicans|Democrats|whatever". Not much thought goes into making that selection, IMHO.
Which is just how it used to be. Read about how Bobby Kennedy worked the floor (and back rooms) of the Democratic convention to get Jack nominated. The idea of selecting a nominee by primary is relatively new.
You don't think this is a problem on the 'net? There are thousands of little groups that hang out with each other, online, because they re-enforce each other's beliefs. Look at profiles on MySpace or other sites and see how many people are looking for a "safe" place to talk about things. I see that as code for "think like I do".
All that the Internet has enabled is that people can now hang out with other people just like them - Regardless of Geography.
Aerospace (Boeing, Cessna, and many others), Defense, Oil, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, and all the other typical stuff. I think I read that Olathe (suburban KC) is one of the most expensive places to find housing in the US.
$25K in Kansas? If you can only pull down 25K, you are working at McDonalds or something. Heck, I work for a County Government (in Kansas no less) and make $43K, and that is way below private sector wages.
Not long ago, before I decided to be all civic minded and work for the government, I was making $70K managing a 4 person programming shop.
$100K/year is not that hard to find either. So, basically, you don't know what you're talking about wrt wages in flyover country.
When it's all said and done, they'll layoff several thousand, and everyone will say "whew, we dodged the bullet there" since it didn't turn out to be 150K.
And IBM will look like the good guys, or at least not-so-bad guys.
I think you're thinking about watch makers and radium. Don't think that hat makers needed fine brushes for making hats.
It really is more complex than the rights/responsibilities of a "sovereign" - the idea of the Law of Nations used by the Melians flows directly from the concept of sovereignty.
Are you aware of the concept of sovereignty? A State must have control over its borders, etc. That's not Nationalism, that's the basic underlying principle for nearly all International Law.
Of course, sovereignty doesn't preclude cooperation - but even cooperation doesn't remove the inherent responsibility of a State for looking out for what it perceives as its own best interests.
Hey, don't kill a good rant on the evils of the govm'nt and corporations. This is /. after all.
Sorry, but I can't fully agree with this. When I started out in programming, it was on the System/38, a system specifically designed so that you didn't have to know the architecture. In fact, the entire underlying hardware architecture could change and you wouldn't (normally) have to recompile any code since the microcode handled all that.
Why should the Federal government pay for anything related to education? It has no Constitutional role in education, and I resent my tax money being spent on education.
I think you mean 023AD01("freaks-of-nature-semi-identical", "twin").
It would only have a magnetic field if the core was molten AND conductive.
This was a problem even before I was in the Army 20 years ago. COMSEC is the red-headed stepchild of Intel and Communications.
I remember being able to crack nets with very little effort even on field exercises, let alone heat of combat.
Heck, the US Army even did away with the COMSEC/SIGSEC MOS.
I agree. Just because the equipment may have a secure mode, doesn't mean that it was used. This was constantly a problem in Vietnam as well as an ongoing problem in Iraq. Comm gear is only as secure as the operators of the net make it. Just because, for example, you use frequency hopping doesn't mean that you can't be monitored successfully.
Without good COMSEC practices, even secure nets can be compromised. This means that you can't assume that you are moving too fast for the intel to be worthwhile, or that the enemy is too unsophisticated to be able to monitor.
And don't get me started on the risk that cell/satellite phones have.