Oddly enough, this got little or no press at all about this, until the actual procedure occured. Sadly, it wasn't even the big news story on our LOCAL news channel...they didn't even play it first during our local news. This is a groundbreaking operation which could lead to people gaining access to skilled surgeons around the world.
I first read this, and thought it was a story about new artificial grass that Dr Pepper had analyzed. But then I realized that sports and nerds don't really go together....
We evolved the way we are due to withstanding the extremeties of our planet. We started out unable to leave the water, and then we got out of water, and evolved to walk upright, and so on.
However on a planet like Europa (well, a moon actually), it is still possible for life to exist there. It may have evolved to be able to withstand ion radiation, if not even perhaps live off it. Never know until we get there.
What the hell? People can't have a criminal record, lol? Are their people getting out of prison saying "I can't wait to do some illegal geological studies!"?
How long would it take for the elevator to get from Earth to orbit? How about to the moon? How about from the moon, to Venus, or Mars? Would this elevator move faster or slower than current shuttles/rockets? Also, what happens if the elevator gets stuck halfway up, in one of the upper layers of our atmosphere? How exactly would they get to it, knock it down, repair it, or whatever?
So great. While people are trying to get together, and make a last ditch effort to save humanity, we're running around shooting them, and stealing all their money that they need to finance our survival.
If people know, yes, the collective brains could possibly think of some sort of contingency plan. But what about the other 99.9% of the planet. They'll just go apeshit, and rape, pillage, and murder. It's as simple as that. When confronted with the end, the majority of people will just snap.
This may end up being another conspiracy theory, invented by the over worked imagination of sceptical geeks, that don't trust virus protection software.
Or it could be true, and Symantec just wanted to boost virus protection sales, and profits, by releasing a virus that would scare the entire internet community.
that it's just mainly e-mail spam, even to this day. I rarely even use my e-mail anymore, because it's too time consuming. I either get spam, or forward messages from stupid people who find some flash animation from 3 years ago, and don't realize I've seen it already. If people need to contact me, they just PM me, or phone me. E-mail is slowly being replaced by instant messaging, and I fear the day that bot ads get out of hand!
I personally love 'em. The episode where Marge got implants was hilarious. And the Hallowe'en episode is the best, next to where Homer dies from eating broccoli! Who didn't laugh when Homer is asking which clones know the way home, and then shoots them? That's one of the classic scenes, along with Sideshow Bob and the Rakes, and Football in the Groin (which is MY personal favourite scene, ever). And any line that Willy says, is the best.
k...I'll be honest. I knew of Star Trek, but I never really watched much of it. I didn't even know it existed until the second last season of TNG. I couldn't stand Voyager, I watched DS9 from time to time, and I have to admit I enjoy the new Trek from time to time. I have seen every TNG based movie, with the exception of Nemesis. So I can't tell you who played who, which episode was the best, who the best villain was, or things like that. But I can tell you this. I can't envision a world where there is no Star Trek on TV or in theatres. Sure, they may be sucking lately, but give them a chance. Star Trek is one of those shows that has to go on and on, until it becomes truly 100% painful to watch. Think of some truly new situations. How about Star Trek WAAAAY into the future. Make Klingons nearly extinct or something. Have the Federation seperated. Who knows. Give us a whole new universe to be amazed by!
Game sales for X-Box related games (such as Splinter Cell) are extremely high, and Microsoft gets a cut of those sales, in licensing fees.
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Why should they care about the artist's? Perhaps because without them, they are doomed. In all professional sports leagues, they employ various methods of protecting their investments, which in this case are the athletes. They make sure that anything they endorse, the athletes get their fair share. If an athlete is injured, they are taken care of until they are able to play again, sometimes going through numerous surgeries, doctor opinions, etc.
Yes, I know that the RIAA is in it for the money, but that doesn't mean they have to blatantly ignore the musicians and the consumers. Virtually every other organization will attempt to find a way to keep it's consumers happy, as well as the artists/athletes/employees. The RIAA has done neither. No lowering of prices of music. No better contracts for the musicians. Just wasted time trying to fight a losing cause. They hope and pray that if they put enough money into copy protection, and legal battles, that eventually things will go back to the way they were 10 years ago. Unfortunately, things aren't going to ever return. P2P will preservere, and no matter how many are shut down, somebody will always know a person who can tell them about "the next Napster." Certain companies and organizations just don't fit into the 21st century, and the RIAA is one of them. Say hello to the dinosaurs!
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...is money. They have never once cared about the artists, or the consumers. Copyrighting songs was about protecting their intellectual property, not protecting the artists themselves, and their work. Whether it was suing Napster, or price fixing, they've proved that ALL they care about is the almighty buck. No other group or organization has ever been this greedy. The very fact that they seem to lump every human being on earth, into a single category of people that steal music for free, is proof they have no idea what is going on in the real world, and will be going extinct very soon. They just are afraid to let go, even though they know it's going to be over for them eventually.
Can't they get in trouble for having mp3's of songs they don't actually own (albeit, at much lower quality than most others)? Regardless of the fact they are trying to help the RIAA, if the RIAA wants to bust everybody with illegal mp3's, this company would fall into that category. The law is the law!
Yeah...have you seen what Karla (his wife) gets? A carpeted private cell, along with TV, access to university books and tuition (paid for by taxpayers), and more, all because Bernardo's lawyer was hiding evidence...
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Oddly enough, this got little or no press at all about this, until the actual procedure occured. Sadly, it wasn't even the big news story on our LOCAL news channel...they didn't even play it first during our local news. This is a groundbreaking operation which could lead to people gaining access to skilled surgeons around the world.
I first read this, and thought it was a story about new artificial grass that Dr Pepper had analyzed. But then I realized that sports and nerds don't really go together....
We evolved the way we are due to withstanding the extremeties of our planet. We started out unable to leave the water, and then we got out of water, and evolved to walk upright, and so on. However on a planet like Europa (well, a moon actually), it is still possible for life to exist there. It may have evolved to be able to withstand ion radiation, if not even perhaps live off it. Never know until we get there.
Yeah. I bet Iraq could do wonders, when they're training their soldiers to take on Barons of Hell ^_^
What the hell? People can't have a criminal record, lol? Are their people getting out of prison saying "I can't wait to do some illegal geological studies!"?
And the DM was a total idiot. That game requires alot of patience. The sad thing is.................I wanna play again
I guess all those movies they showed me on semaphore will finally come in handy! And to think, I never thought I would be able to start a war :P
How long would it take for the elevator to get from Earth to orbit? How about to the moon? How about from the moon, to Venus, or Mars? Would this elevator move faster or slower than current shuttles/rockets? Also, what happens if the elevator gets stuck halfway up, in one of the upper layers of our atmosphere? How exactly would they get to it, knock it down, repair it, or whatever?
So great. While people are trying to get together, and make a last ditch effort to save humanity, we're running around shooting them, and stealing all their money that they need to finance our survival.
If people know, yes, the collective brains could possibly think of some sort of contingency plan. But what about the other 99.9% of the planet. They'll just go apeshit, and rape, pillage, and murder. It's as simple as that. When confronted with the end, the majority of people will just snap.
This may end up being another conspiracy theory, invented by the over worked imagination of sceptical geeks, that don't trust virus protection software. Or it could be true, and Symantec just wanted to boost virus protection sales, and profits, by releasing a virus that would scare the entire internet community.
Does this mean they can finally release the 1.10 patch for Diablo II, that was promised back before school started?
SAMGA!!!
that it's just mainly e-mail spam, even to this day. I rarely even use my e-mail anymore, because it's too time consuming. I either get spam, or forward messages from stupid people who find some flash animation from 3 years ago, and don't realize I've seen it already. If people need to contact me, they just PM me, or phone me. E-mail is slowly being replaced by instant messaging, and I fear the day that bot ads get out of hand!
I personally love 'em. The episode where Marge got implants was hilarious. And the Hallowe'en episode is the best, next to where Homer dies from eating broccoli! Who didn't laugh when Homer is asking which clones know the way home, and then shoots them? That's one of the classic scenes, along with Sideshow Bob and the Rakes, and Football in the Groin (which is MY personal favourite scene, ever). And any line that Willy says, is the best.
Wouldn't it be funny if Dell gave you all the backup disks as floppies? hehehehe
We should go find Klingons, and destroy them before they get to us first!
k...I'll be honest. I knew of Star Trek, but I never really watched much of it. I didn't even know it existed until the second last season of TNG. I couldn't stand Voyager, I watched DS9 from time to time, and I have to admit I enjoy the new Trek from time to time. I have seen every TNG based movie, with the exception of Nemesis. So I can't tell you who played who, which episode was the best, who the best villain was, or things like that. But I can tell you this. I can't envision a world where there is no Star Trek on TV or in theatres. Sure, they may be sucking lately, but give them a chance. Star Trek is one of those shows that has to go on and on, until it becomes truly 100% painful to watch. Think of some truly new situations. How about Star Trek WAAAAY into the future. Make Klingons nearly extinct or something. Have the Federation seperated. Who knows. Give us a whole new universe to be amazed by!
Game sales for X-Box related games (such as Splinter Cell) are extremely high, and Microsoft gets a cut of those sales, in licensing fees.
Why should they care about the artist's? Perhaps because without them, they are doomed. In all professional sports leagues, they employ various methods of protecting their investments, which in this case are the athletes. They make sure that anything they endorse, the athletes get their fair share. If an athlete is injured, they are taken care of until they are able to play again, sometimes going through numerous surgeries, doctor opinions, etc. Yes, I know that the RIAA is in it for the money, but that doesn't mean they have to blatantly ignore the musicians and the consumers. Virtually every other organization will attempt to find a way to keep it's consumers happy, as well as the artists/athletes/employees. The RIAA has done neither. No lowering of prices of music. No better contracts for the musicians. Just wasted time trying to fight a losing cause. They hope and pray that if they put enough money into copy protection, and legal battles, that eventually things will go back to the way they were 10 years ago. Unfortunately, things aren't going to ever return. P2P will preservere, and no matter how many are shut down, somebody will always know a person who can tell them about "the next Napster." Certain companies and organizations just don't fit into the 21st century, and the RIAA is one of them. Say hello to the dinosaurs!
...is money. They have never once cared about the artists, or the consumers. Copyrighting songs was about protecting their intellectual property, not protecting the artists themselves, and their work. Whether it was suing Napster, or price fixing, they've proved that ALL they care about is the almighty buck. No other group or organization has ever been this greedy. The very fact that they seem to lump every human being on earth, into a single category of people that steal music for free, is proof they have no idea what is going on in the real world, and will be going extinct very soon. They just are afraid to let go, even though they know it's going to be over for them eventually.
Can we get that in english, perhaps???
Can't they get in trouble for having mp3's of songs they don't actually own (albeit, at much lower quality than most others)? Regardless of the fact they are trying to help the RIAA, if the RIAA wants to bust everybody with illegal mp3's, this company would fall into that category. The law is the law!
Oh, of course....why do you think they keep her and her husband away from the general prison population? They'd die faster than Jeffrey Dahmer!
Yeah...have you seen what Karla (his wife) gets? A carpeted private cell, along with TV, access to university books and tuition (paid for by taxpayers), and more, all because Bernardo's lawyer was hiding evidence...