If you leave guns lying around where children can get them, you will get fined for criminal negligence. The same should be true with computers. If you don't keep the computer reasonably protected, then you should be fined for criminal negligence. Problem: the governement would use it to restrict access. Possible Solution: Admendment #30 The right to bear computers. Helpful Unintended Benefit: Children would only be able to use the Interent with parent's supervision since a connection to the Interent that was used irresponsibly would cause the aforementioned criminal negligence. You don't let children play wih guns, you won't be able to let children freely surf or connect to the Internet. I admit, there are problems with this. Children have to be given some freedom to go online as they choose (possible restrict dl rights, accessable sites, or insure they are working on an up to date computer with perhaps special protections), and there is an issue with freedom of access to information (the last thing we need is a siociety where access to information is based on government approval - like you need to have a stamp from the governemnt that your a good citizen first or any other 1984, Brave new world strategy), but I think the overall strategy would be good. Plus, license software developers of comercial software. All other software coudl be left with the use at your own risk tag - first problem traced back to it and you get fined. Or better yet, maybe have it set up with an approval comittee that would verfiy and thus become responsibe acting like a license for the software. A comittee composed of say EFF or GNU ppl. Comercial software guy loses his license if he is found to not have taken the necessary percautions but is able to grant a license himself to any piece of software he creates. As long as your licensed or the product you create gets licensed, you will be absolved from finicial rsponsibilty. As long as your computer uses only approved or licensed products you too are absolved. If you do not keep an application on your computer up to date you can get fined. If you use a non-apporved application, adn you computer is hyjacked or otherwise does damage, then you are held finicially responsible. The developer will be free from finicial liability, but the risk of unapproved software will prevent most from using your software, etc and will have a negative effect on those who are unable to get or maintain a license. Hence, the drive to get and maintain a license in order to appeal to a wider audience will drive developers to write good code, while finicial liability will drive the consumers to reject bad code.
If they want to claim ownership of the moon and asteroids, etc, they have to start paying taxes on their vast real estate holdings. Since the moon and asteroids are almost certainly prime real estate, then the apraisel should be significantly high enough to drive them out of busniess and hence their assets of the moon, mars, and the asteroids will be seized and auctioned off to pay off there tremendous debt. Since the taxes will be so high, and the pictures of them carting off the tax negligent orbdev ppl will be enough to prevent anyoen from purchasing them. Plus the 100 trillion starting price will be a bit of a downer. Since they can't be sold and since the governemnt cannot itslef maintain ownership due to international treaty, the property will most likely revert back to its previous owner which in this case is no one.
Actually every major culture with the exception of Eygpt has a flood myth (the ancient eygptians were dependent on the flooding of the nile each year and so they saw floods as benefial). For example, the mesopotamians believed a god brought the flood becuase humanity was too noisy. Ovid in the metamorphsis recounts a flood myth. Most likley the flood myths are the remanents of oral histroical accounts of the flooding of the black sea. Evidence suggests that the black sea in ancient times was not nearly the size it is today. As the mediteranean eroded the mountains were the city of istanbul now stradles the dardenelles(I think), the water formt he higher elevated agean sea broke through and caused the black sea to quickly enlarge to multiple times its previosu size within the space of only 1 year.
What does Global warming have to do with wheter or not here is ice on what amounts ot a large asteroid (known as the moon or luna(latin for moon), an asteroid most likely created from the collescing of debris thrown into high obit from a massive collision between our planet and an asteroid probably aound the size of mars) in orbit around our planet apporximetly 250,000 miles away?
A theory is an explanation of a particular phenonmen often based on supporting evidence. A hypothesis is a conclusion derived from an understanding of the theory that is often the focus of the experiment. The hypothesis is tested, and depending on its results, a theory is either disporving or it is supported by the hypothesis. It is nearly impossible to prove a theory.
Dude, that is why they are called theories, not laws. They only think that is what is happening or what has occured based on the best evidence. Science is full of theories that have been discounted. That is in fact one of the main goals of science. You come up with a hypothesis based on your theory, and see if the evidence supprts it. If it does, you have more evidence to support your theory. If it doesn't, then you hav more evidence which you can use to make a better theory. The big bang theory is a theory which not only was supported by the evidence at teh time of its inception but has since been corraborated by dozens and dozens of more evidence that it occured. Evolution has so much evidence going for it that most don't even consider it a theory. There are massive amounts of observations where evolution is the only explanation that makes any real sense. Take a class in psychology on Sensation and Perception if you don't believe me.
As to Lunar ice, science does not rely on single observations alone but must have duplicatable results. In other words, just becuase one person notices ice on the moon and forms a theory that it exists at the bottom of these craters does not mean that that is the case. Those observations have to be supported by doing multiple observations. In this case, those multiple observations shwed that lunar ice did not exist and that the theory for it was incorrect. We have now have even more evidence from which we can form an even better understanding of the moon. This is the way science works. If no theory ever got discounted, we would never get anywhere.
Starting when someone sucessfully extracted the cheese from the middle of two ritz crackers. It was the first time in history that crackers sucessfully cracked other crackers, though I hear a few tried too hard and went 'crackers'.
BSD won't go anywhere becuase all their games suck. The emulated roms on windows work better than some of the games that exist on BSD. No, I take that back, the emulated roms to 20 year old systems that exist on windows are better than ALL of the games on BSD. The only thing BSD is good for is a server for Windows games (which BSD can't even play right.) Until BSD gets better games, BSD will never get anywhere. Maybe a better installer might help too. And better configuration tools. And ease of use could definitely be improved...
I take it your referring to Monty Python's The Piranha Brothers:<br>"Denied the opportunity to use their talents in the service of their country, they began to operate what they called 'The Operation'... They would select a victim and then threaten to beat him up if he paid the so-called protection money. Four months later they started another operation which the called 'The Other Operation'. In this racket they selected another victim and threatened not to beat him up if he didn't pay them. One month later they hit upon 'The Other Other Operation'. In this the victim was threatened that if he didn't pay them, they would beat him up. This for the Piranha brothers was the turning point.<Br><br>
Doug and Dinsdale Piranha now formed a gang, which the called 'The Gang' and used terror to take over night clubs, billiard halls, gaming casinos and race tracks."<br><br> I have the radio one on tape, its a lot better than the tv one.
'We haven't talked to a single user who has said they're using [open source] because it's better.'
How many user did they actually ask? Is there any actual data to back up their claims? Or is this assertion just another assumption/pipedream of M$? Oh, and by the way Bill, two failed implementation does not an absolute failure make. Just because certain companies are moving away from free open source (in a one of the worst tech economies ever) does not mean open source is a bad model. For all the companies you can name that are moving away from free open source (ie. free tech support included), one could probably name ten closed source companies that in the same time period went out of business. But just becuase all these closed source companies are going bust or merging in order to survive does not mean closed source is a bad model either; there are other factors that illustrate that.
I don't think anyone would mind a nuclear war in space. As long as the nukes don't hit low earth orbit or any closer, there really wouldn't be that many terrible side effects. You have to remember the moon is four days away from earth, not the 1/2 hour or so it takes to get low earth orbit.
Chinese food gives me diaheria. I can't imagine what would occur if I got it in space. Imagine if while walking around a low gravity moon base, I shit my pants and it escaped. Imagine the mess. What if I got motion sickness and hurled chunks.
Ally != friend. The episode I believe was one of the ones were they united with the nietzchians who while helping Dillan were also plotting behind his back to destroy him. At the same time he did the same. Throughout World War 2, Stalin and ourselves even though we were allies plotted against each other, the russians using spies to steal the atomic bomb for example, oursleves in attempting to keep Stalin weak but not weak enough to lose against the germans. If a man is your enemy, just becuase you have to face a common foe does not mean he will cease being your enemy. It is not logical but it is often true.
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But the question is: does it lead to Raaka-Tu?
If you leave guns lying around where children can get them, you will get fined for criminal negligence. The same should be true with computers. If you don't keep the computer reasonably protected, then you should be fined for criminal negligence. Problem: the governement would use it to restrict access. Possible Solution: Admendment #30 The right to bear computers. Helpful Unintended Benefit: Children would only be able to use the Interent with parent's supervision since a connection to the Interent that was used irresponsibly would cause the aforementioned criminal negligence. You don't let children play wih guns, you won't be able to let children freely surf or connect to the Internet. I admit, there are problems with this. Children have to be given some freedom to go online as they choose (possible restrict dl rights, accessable sites, or insure they are working on an up to date computer with perhaps special protections), and there is an issue with freedom of access to information (the last thing we need is a siociety where access to information is based on government approval - like you need to have a stamp from the governemnt that your a good citizen first or any other 1984, Brave new world strategy), but I think the overall strategy would be good. Plus, license software developers of comercial software. All other software coudl be left with the use at your own risk tag - first problem traced back to it and you get fined. Or better yet, maybe have it set up with an approval comittee that would verfiy and thus become responsibe acting like a license for the software. A comittee composed of say EFF or GNU ppl. Comercial software guy loses his license if he is found to not have taken the necessary percautions but is able to grant a license himself to any piece of software he creates. As long as your licensed or the product you create gets licensed, you will be absolved from finicial rsponsibilty. As long as your computer uses only approved or licensed products you too are absolved. If you do not keep an application on your computer up to date you can get fined. If you use a non-apporved application, adn you computer is hyjacked or otherwise does damage, then you are held finicially responsible. The developer will be free from finicial liability, but the risk of unapproved software will prevent most from using your software, etc and will have a negative effect on those who are unable to get or maintain a license. Hence, the drive to get and maintain a license in order to appeal to a wider audience will drive developers to write good code, while finicial liability will drive the consumers to reject bad code.
America: The best democracy money can buy.
He's still alive: last time anyone saw him, he was coaching the mighty ducks!
If they want to claim ownership of the moon and asteroids, etc, they have to start paying taxes on their vast real estate holdings. Since the moon and asteroids are almost certainly prime real estate, then the apraisel should be significantly high enough to drive them out of busniess and hence their assets of the moon, mars, and the asteroids will be seized and auctioned off to pay off there tremendous debt. Since the taxes will be so high, and the pictures of them carting off the tax negligent orbdev ppl will be enough to prevent anyoen from purchasing them. Plus the 100 trillion starting price will be a bit of a downer. Since they can't be sold and since the governemnt cannot itslef maintain ownership due to international treaty, the property will most likely revert back to its previous owner which in this case is no one.
Actually every major culture with the exception of Eygpt has a flood myth (the ancient eygptians were dependent on the flooding of the nile each year and so they saw floods as benefial). For example, the mesopotamians believed a god brought the flood becuase humanity was too noisy. Ovid in the metamorphsis recounts a flood myth. Most likley the flood myths are the remanents of oral histroical accounts of the flooding of the black sea. Evidence suggests that the black sea in ancient times was not nearly the size it is today. As the mediteranean eroded the mountains were the city of istanbul now stradles the dardenelles(I think), the water formt he higher elevated agean sea broke through and caused the black sea to quickly enlarge to multiple times its previosu size within the space of only 1 year.
What does Global warming have to do with wheter or not here is ice on what amounts ot a large asteroid (known as the moon or luna(latin for moon), an asteroid most likely created from the collescing of debris thrown into high obit from a massive collision between our planet and an asteroid probably aound the size of mars) in orbit around our planet apporximetly 250,000 miles away?
A theory is an explanation of a particular phenonmen often based on supporting evidence. A hypothesis is a conclusion derived from an understanding of the theory that is often the focus of the experiment. The hypothesis is tested, and depending on its results, a theory is either disporving or it is supported by the hypothesis. It is nearly impossible to prove a theory.
Dude, that is why they are called theories, not laws. They only think that is what is happening or what has occured based on the best evidence. Science is full of theories that have been discounted. That is in fact one of the main goals of science. You come up with a hypothesis based on your theory, and see if the evidence supprts it. If it does, you have more evidence to support your theory. If it doesn't, then you hav more evidence which you can use to make a better theory. The big bang theory is a theory which not only was supported by the evidence at teh time of its inception but has since been corraborated by dozens and dozens of more evidence that it occured. Evolution has so much evidence going for it that most don't even consider it a theory. There are massive amounts of observations where evolution is the only explanation that makes any real sense. Take a class in psychology on Sensation and Perception if you don't believe me.
As to Lunar ice, science does not rely on single observations alone but must have duplicatable results. In other words, just becuase one person notices ice on the moon and forms a theory that it exists at the bottom of these craters does not mean that that is the case. Those observations have to be supported by doing multiple observations. In this case, those multiple observations shwed that lunar ice did not exist and that the theory for it was incorrect. We have now have even more evidence from which we can form an even better understanding of the moon. This is the way science works. If no theory ever got discounted, we would never get anywhere.
Where's my ice?
Starting when someone sucessfully extracted the cheese from the middle of two ritz crackers. It was the first time in history that crackers sucessfully cracked other crackers, though I hear a few tried too hard and went 'crackers'.
What fedora is anyway.
BSD won't go anywhere becuase all their games suck. The emulated roms on windows work better than some of the games that exist on BSD. No, I take that back, the emulated roms to 20 year old systems that exist on windows are better than ALL of the games on BSD. The only thing BSD is good for is a server for Windows games (which BSD can't even play right.) Until BSD gets better games, BSD will never get anywhere. Maybe a better installer might help too. And better configuration tools. And ease of use could definitely be improved...
I take it your referring to Monty Python's The Piranha Brothers:<br>"Denied the opportunity to use their talents in the service of their country, they began to operate what they called 'The Operation'... They would select a victim and then threaten to beat him up if he paid the so-called protection money. Four months later they started another operation which the called 'The Other Operation'. In this racket they selected another victim and threatened not to beat him up if he didn't pay them. One month later they hit upon 'The Other Other Operation'. In this the victim was threatened that if he didn't pay them, they would beat him up. This for the Piranha brothers was the turning point.<Br><br>
Doug and Dinsdale Piranha now formed a gang, which the called 'The Gang' and used terror to take over night clubs, billiard halls, gaming casinos and race tracks."<br><br>
I have the radio one on tape, its a lot better than the tv one.
'We haven't talked to a single user who has said they're using [open source] because it's better.'
How many user did they actually ask? Is there any actual data to back up their claims? Or is this assertion just another assumption/pipedream of M$? Oh, and by the way Bill, two failed implementation does not an absolute failure make. Just because certain companies are moving away from free open source (in a one of the worst tech economies ever) does not mean open source is a bad model. For all the companies you can name that are moving away from free open source (ie. free tech support included), one could probably name ten closed source companies that in the same time period went out of business. But just becuase all these closed source companies are going bust or merging in order to survive does not mean closed source is a bad model either; there are other factors that illustrate that.
Better yet, why not set yourself up as several gangs? If they pay you off once, ya'z can still hitz em agains for more dough!
Companies foolishly think that just becuase it is illegal to explore a product for security hole, this will somehow make the security holes go away.
I don't think anyone would mind a nuclear war in space. As long as the nukes don't hit low earth orbit or any closer, there really wouldn't be that many terrible side effects. You have to remember the moon is four days away from earth, not the 1/2 hour or so it takes to get low earth orbit.
Chinese food gives me diaheria. I can't imagine what would occur if I got it in space. Imagine if while walking around a low gravity moon base, I shit my pants and it escaped. Imagine the mess. What if I got motion sickness and hurled chunks.
Now we know where those 500 billion dollars in foreing investment in china have gone.
Now I know how the vikings would have felt watching Cortez leave for the new world. Maybe we shoudl have stuck around there for a bit longer...
No, they need to make more. More demand, more supply, more innovations.
Yeah, they teach plagarism and how to develope your uncreativity.
They had this battery recharger that could recharge batteries in 15 minutes. Sure beats the overnighter rechargers I have been using...
Ally != friend. The episode I believe was one of the ones were they united with the nietzchians who while helping Dillan were also plotting behind his back to destroy him. At the same time he did the same. Throughout World War 2, Stalin and ourselves even though we were allies plotted against each other, the russians using spies to steal the atomic bomb for example, oursleves in attempting to keep Stalin weak but not weak enough to lose against the germans. If a man is your enemy, just becuase you have to face a common foe does not mean he will cease being your enemy. It is not logical but it is often true.