Tim Berners-Lee may be a genius concerning technology, but he has no idea what a "human right" is.
Rights cannot cost another human being their time, money, property or rights. You have no claim to the fruits of my labor. I may choose to share with you, but I'm a free person only if I'm not forced to share.
I like technology as much as the next guy, but do we always have to do something just because it's possible?
If we go with this system, we're totally dependent on Google's software to keep our cars on the straight and narrow, right?
Okay. What happens if somebody (Google, government or both) puts a backdoor in the system so that, at their whim, they could cause you and your car to drive off a cliff or into a tree? Or maybe somebody in power decides that you should be arrested for what you're thinking or posting online, and next time you try to go somewhere, your car takes you straight to the authorities?
Given that recently corporations and government seem to be merging into one entity, I'm not about to trust my life to them.
If the RIAA wants me to pay for even thinking about hearing a song, then conversely, can I charge them every time I hear music that I don't want to hear? After all, it's their product that is invading my personal space uninvited!
Either that or I get permission to kick the dude's ass who is playing his car radio too damned loud.
The FCC has never had the power to regulate the internet. You want it regulated by the Feds? Then do it in a legal process. You can't have Federal agencies just assuming they have power without it being given to them by Congress.
Check your ballistics chart. There are many commonly used center-fire rifle rounds that leave the barrel much faster than 1540 fps, and a bunch of them that top that speed even at 500 yards.
All of Remington's.223's leave the muzzle faster than 3000 fps.
Remington publishes very comprehensive charts for their cartridges online. Google it.
Let me object in a slightly different way - Congress has no fucking business setting standards for the efficiency of light bulbs. Nope, it's not there in the good ole Constitution. Can't find it anywhere. They should butt out of such things!
Hope your chandelier looks good with those horrible CFLs!!! It's going to be a while before LEDs get bright enough and cheap enough to use.
That's basically my thought on the matter, too. the sooner flash disappears, the better. It's an abomination and never should have been allowed on the web.
I would never curse one of my computers. They're like my children; I built them and installed their operating systems. They help me and I help them.
You should never blame a computer because of a flaw in the OS. They didn't choose which one they would have. I have a couple of XP machines, one Win7, and a couple with different flavors of Linux. Each has its strengths and weaknesses.
The main problem now is trying to explain to them why I brought a bastard Mac into this happy home. A virtual red-headed stepchild! Sometimes they refuse to even talk to the little Mac. Poor thing, so misunderstood. I'm taking it with me on my next trip. I'm calling it my "road apple".
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You can marry more money in a few minutes than you can make in a lifetime. Just be careful of the downside, cause there's always a downside somewhere.
Tim Berners-Lee may be a genius concerning technology, but he has no idea what a "human right" is.
Rights cannot cost another human being their time, money, property or rights. You have no claim to the fruits of my labor. I may choose to share with you, but I'm a free person only if I'm not forced to share.
It depends on the risk. Recently I took something that "doubled" my risk of pancreatic cancer.
Sounds scary, right? Nah, the risk went from 4 in 10,000 to 8 in 10,000. Even had it gone to 100 in 10,000 it would have been worth the risk.
If sunglasses aren't enough, then use the kind of lenses used in auto-darkening welding helmets. They can change in about 1/12000 second.
Or how about a combination of mirror lenses with auto-darkening ones?
Off with her head!!
I like technology as much as the next guy, but do we always have to do something just because it's possible?
If we go with this system, we're totally dependent on Google's software to keep our cars on the straight and narrow, right?
Okay. What happens if somebody (Google, government or both) puts a backdoor in the system so that, at their whim, they could cause you and your car to drive off a cliff or into a tree? Or maybe somebody in power decides that you should be arrested for what you're thinking or posting online, and next time you try to go somewhere, your car takes you straight to the authorities?
Given that recently corporations and government seem to be merging into one entity, I'm not about to trust my life to them.
If the RIAA wants me to pay for even thinking about hearing a song, then conversely, can I charge them every time I hear music that I don't want to hear? After all, it's their product that is invading my personal space uninvited!
Either that or I get permission to kick the dude's ass who is playing his car radio too damned loud.
Emeril Lagasse?
I thought wikileaks exposed the fact that there were indeed wmd in Iraq? Maybe not nukes, but lots of chemical weapons.
It's going to be a cloudy night, so no moon for me.
That's okay; it was nearly full last night and I got some great photos of it.
Just so I can sleep easy tonight, please tell me that you have no children. :)
The FCC has never had the power to regulate the internet. You want it regulated by the Feds? Then do it in a legal process. You can't have Federal agencies just assuming they have power without it being given to them by Congress.
I applaud this move by the House.
Check your ballistics chart. There are many commonly used center-fire rifle rounds that leave the barrel much faster than 1540 fps, and a bunch of them that top that speed even at 500 yards.
.223's leave the muzzle faster than 3000 fps.
All of Remington's
Remington publishes very comprehensive charts for their cartridges online. Google it.
You're saying the same thing basically.
Let me object in a slightly different way - Congress has no fucking business setting standards for the efficiency of light bulbs. Nope, it's not there in the good ole Constitution. Can't find it anywhere. They should butt out of such things!
Hope your chandelier looks good with those horrible CFLs!!! It's going to be a while before LEDs get bright enough and cheap enough to use.
Ditto here. AT&T doesn't even offer DSL in my neighborhood, but the site says 10 - 25 Mb is available.
And it says that Charter offers 10 - 25 Mb service and I can get only 6.
Government wasting money? Same as always.
I have photographic memory. Too bad it never developed!
Most of the images are out of focus anyway.
That's basically my thought on the matter, too. the sooner flash disappears, the better. It's an abomination and never should have been allowed on the web.
Oh, you mean the "How It's Made" channel!!!
Or maybe it's the "Technology Channel".
Yeah, I know it. So now it gets even further off track with sci-fi?
What's next? Wrestling and reality shows?
I'm not willing to stop until every single atom in the universe has its own IP address!
I call mine a 'possibles bag'. Good enough for Daniel Boone, good enough for me.
Sorry, but defense if one of the few budget items of the Federal government that is actually allowed by the Constitution.
Most of what they spend is unconstitutional. Cut those illegal programs first.
I would never curse one of my computers. They're like my children; I built them and installed their operating systems. They help me and I help them.
You should never blame a computer because of a flaw in the OS. They didn't choose which one they would have. I have a couple of XP machines, one Win7, and a couple with different flavors of Linux. Each has its strengths and weaknesses.
The main problem now is trying to explain to them why I brought a bastard Mac into this happy home. A virtual red-headed stepchild! Sometimes they refuse to even talk to the little Mac. Poor thing, so misunderstood. I'm taking it with me on my next trip. I'm calling it my "road apple".
Shoutcast is hard to beat and when I'm driving I listen to XM nearly all the time. Between those two I get all the "radio" I need.
If XM should raise their rates again, I may drop 'em.
Nothing but a lot of Fox News bashing by a very left-leaning slashdot crowd.
I don't know why the hell I come here.
That's what I was thinking, too. That show, as silly as it was, was probably Gumbel and Couric's high point. They've only gone downhill since.
I've often wondered if Lauer hires someone to tie his shoes in the morning. What an idiot!