Out of all the beings alive right now, one of them has to be 'supreme'. So as an atheist, I'd go with that. Clearly not what they intend, but if they asked me do I believe in the existance of a 'Supreme Being', I'd say yes.
Someone's got to be the oldest, someone's got the be the tallest, someone's got to be 'supreme'. (Choose your own measuring standard)
Plus, that sort of doublethink, not-quite-dishonesty would suit me well in Texas as a government official.
We don't force our customers to use IE, but analysis of our web traffic logs show that 97% of our customers use IE. So only a token gesture is made in QA, to ensure that the site runs well under Firefox.
And so our portal page rightfully states, our site works best under IE...
Look at how the entire US of A will react to the murder of these 30+ people, and then compare with the Iraqi's reaction to seeing dozens of their people killed *every* day.
And apparently we're supposed to be concerned that the so-called liberal media is not bringing the GOOD news from Iraq?
But there is a vastly simpler way to stand up to the RIAA on matters like this.
Erase your logs after a short period of time. Don't keep a record of what IP address was allocated to what account at any given time.
Oblig : I am not a lawyer...
I'm pretty sure Europe recently passed a series of data retention laws, forcing any net provider to keep their logs for some period of time. (Might have been something insane and impractical like 7 years... memory not the best right now)
Considering that Europe usually follows America, in its insane IP laws, I'm very surprised America doesn't have some sort of similar data retention law already.
I'm sure Marvel's already working on a "Return of Captain America" line involving four people all claiming to be Cap - a black man in adamantium body armor, a young boy, a cyborg, and an energy being.
Only to discover, in a "shocking" twist, that none of them are the original, and the original wasn't dead after all.
I see from your Eircom addy that you're Irish. Well, Ireland is not a member of the Schengen Agreement. For the vast majority of Europeans, who actually live on the mainland, there is complete and total freedom of movement, without the need for passports.
I live and work in Brussels, but often drive across the border to Holland or France or Germany, with only a sign on the road to tell me when I've passed over.
Ditto for trains. I can walk down the road to Gare du Midi, and hop on an international train going to Madrid, or Lisbon without having to show a passport.
Please do not take the experience of your island based 4 million strong population, and attempt to extrapolate the experience of 250 million Europeans.
Hold your horses there Nelly, I never said anything to do with your rambling post there. Just pointed out that the US makes weaponised biomaterials, treaties to the contrary be damned.
By definition, all suicide bombers are first-timers (unless they were really crap at it) and maybe this is designed to catch the naive first-time-terrorist. Rather like the question at the Check-in desk, where they ask if you have any firearms or explosives in your hand luggage...
Remember the treaty between the US and USSR not to develop biological or chemical weapons? Funny thing. The US honored the deal, but the USSR went ahead anyway...
Yeah, about that... Funny thing, but the US ALSO lies. A lot. Hate to burst your bubble there, kiddo.
Remember that weaponised Anthrax that was mailed to Congress? Courtesy of Fort Detrick.
American TV has also shown people being killed before. Just look at all the lovely terror-porn that came from 9/11. I'm waiting for FOX to release the DVD, with multi-angle viewing, so I can watch the planes from every camera shot.
Morons may impugn your patriotism for being skeptical of the President's policies, true, but no one, even Coulter, is saying you should be tortured for doing it.
Maybe you should pay more attention to Coulter and her ilk. She IS saying that. And worse.
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"Since when was "right around the same time" the same thing as "500 million years later" ?"
Since Dick Cheney has said that we are in the final throes of the insurgency in Iraq, and "right around the same time" the fighting stopped.
Right, because geeks geeking out over asian chicks is in NO way a sterotype....
Hmm. Sounds like some scope for bullshit and vaporware here... Paging Professor Warwick!
It's somewhere between 7500 and 10,000 light years away, so we're safe.
He confessed for fecks sake!! Granted, he tried to rationalise it as research, but don't give us crap that he was falsely accused.
Out of all the beings alive right now, one of them has to be 'supreme'.
So as an atheist, I'd go with that. Clearly not what they intend, but if they asked me do I believe in the existance of a 'Supreme Being', I'd say yes.
Someone's got to be the oldest, someone's got the be the tallest, someone's got to be 'supreme'. (Choose your own measuring standard)
Plus, that sort of doublethink, not-quite-dishonesty would suit me well in Texas as a government official.
We don't force our customers to use IE, but analysis of our web traffic logs show that 97% of our customers use IE.
So only a token gesture is made in QA, to ensure that the site runs well under Firefox.
And so our portal page rightfully states, our site works best under IE...
Sir, there's no such thing as an ex-marine. ;)
Look at how the entire US of A will react to the murder of these 30+ people, and then compare with the Iraqi's reaction to seeing dozens of their people killed *every* day.
And apparently we're supposed to be concerned that the so-called liberal media is not bringing the GOOD news from Iraq?
Racial Stereotypes may be uncooth, but the fact is that they're based on truth.
Erase your logs after a short period of time. Don't keep a record of what IP address was allocated to what account at any given time.
Oblig : I am not a lawyer...
I'm pretty sure Europe recently passed a series of data retention laws, forcing any net provider to keep their logs for some period of time. (Might have been something insane and impractical like 7 years... memory not the best right now)
Considering that Europe usually follows America, in its insane IP laws, I'm very surprised America doesn't have some sort of similar data retention law already.
Yes, but... Jar Jar Binks makes the Ewoks look like fucking SHAFT!
Only to discover, in a "shocking" twist, that none of them are the original, and the original wasn't dead after all.
I see from your Eircom addy that you're Irish.
Well, Ireland is not a member of the Schengen Agreement.
For the vast majority of Europeans, who actually live on the mainland, there is complete and total freedom of movement, without the need for passports.
I live and work in Brussels, but often drive across the border to Holland or France or Germany, with only a sign on the road to tell me when I've passed over.
Ditto for trains. I can walk down the road to Gare du Midi, and hop on an international train going to Madrid, or Lisbon without having to show a passport.
Please do not take the experience of your island based 4 million strong population, and attempt to extrapolate the experience of 250 million Europeans.
I thought the yankee colonials call their sport "football" because the ball is approximately a foot long, no?
"That character is a little thin for me now".
But his character in Firewall was so friggin deep...
D.C.U. ??
Of course they do. Good thing the Bible didn't have a commandment saying "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours oil" or something.
Hold your horses there Nelly, I never said anything to do with your rambling post there. Just pointed out that the US makes weaponised biomaterials, treaties to the contrary be damned.
By definition, all suicide bombers are first-timers (unless they were really crap at it)
and maybe this is designed to catch the naive first-time-terrorist.
Rather like the question at the Check-in desk, where they ask if you have
any firearms or explosives in your hand luggage...
Yeah, about that... Funny thing, but the US ALSO lies. A lot. Hate to burst your bubble there, kiddo.
Remember that weaponised Anthrax that was mailed to Congress? Courtesy of Fort Detrick.
Don't forget to thank them.
American TV has also shown people being killed before.
Just look at all the lovely terror-porn that came from 9/11.
I'm waiting for FOX to release the DVD, with multi-angle viewing, so I can watch the planes from every camera shot.
Won't be long before those are used on prisoners, if they're not already.
Maybe you should pay more attention to Coulter and her ilk. She IS saying that. And worse.
"We" is the people.
"The Opposition" is the government, no matter which party is in power.