That's ridiculous, according to a Budweiser advert I watched it's also illegal for your women to bathe topless on the beach, I know you have a few nice looking ladies over there so how on Earth can a law like that stand ?
Personally I say it MyS-Q-L and think MySequel is a horrible term but then I also refer to Microsofts S-Q-L Server in the same way and pronounce Linux as Lie-nux.
Soon, here in the UK they already can and do lock you up without trial. Fair enough at the moment this only to applies to immigrants but I wouldn't put it past the government to get past the problems with that by applying it to everyone.
No, a lot of the intelligence agencies didn't 'believe' that Iraq posed any credible threat from WMD. There wasn't much in the way of intelligence in the first place and what there was was considered to be somewhat suspect.
The agencies who act as the interface between the intelligence agencies and their government clearly did 'believe' in WMD and did their best to present evidence for that point of view to the government.
There was also alot of other people who didn't believe Saddam had any WMD, including the weapons inspectors.
Going to war emphasised GW's commitment to protecting the American people and diverted attention from anything else he was doing, I think it has in fact helped his re-election.
In actual fact the UK system assigns costs at the Judges discretion, by default the loser pays but the judge can order split the payments anyway he likes.
I don't know about anyone else but I am perfectly capable of deciding how much work I can effectively deal with.
I have had some managers who would appear to be following your plan ( or who were just stupid ), some of them listen when I said "No more work now, that's it" others didn't listen which leaves you with no choice but to slow right down and make a point of not doing any of the extra stuff.
There was a book about almost exactly this, the only difference being the agency causing the stars acceleration was an alien species who lived in stars and the fact that they were constantly accelerating the Earth until it was travelling so fast the rest of the Universe had disappeared to a tiny dot in the sky.
It did kind of emphasise the ultimate pointlessness of a civilization which was doomed to death by the eventual destruction of the sun and which was unable to travel anywhere outside the solar system or indeed interact with the rest of the universe at all.
I once read a book about some 'intelligences' which could live in Stars, unfortunately they didn't like each other very much and would constantly fight.
As part of one of these fights one of the intelligences caused the Earth to accelerate in the same way this star is accelerating on a course which took it out of the Milky Way and into empty space. Eventually it was travelling so fast that nothing from the solar system could possibly ever make it back to the Milky Way.
It was told through the eyes of an unfortunate man who kept on being cryongenically frozen and unfrozen over a period of millions of years as the planet became ever more chilly and isolated from everything else.
It was a great book and I wish I could remember what it was called since I have wanted to re-read for a while now.
But how will that help defeat the Evil Terrorists ? Personally I would like a program which scans my logs for Arabic and automatically informs the necessary authorities
I think I had better cut a deal with my employer so I get a cut of their gains if and when they fire me. I have no doubt they would operate a lot more efficiently without me.
Which is fine until some unfriendly blows your boat out of the water and you're stuck in a little life boat trying to navigate 800 Miles to the nearest friendly coast. Although I suppose the lifeboats may be equipped with GPS as well.
Fossils ? You are aware that they have been discredited numerous times, there is no mention of fossils in the bible and now - as usual - science is simply confirming the lords word.
If we ( as humans ) never did anything which had a slight potential of something bad happening then we we truly would still be living in caves.
Using bones as weapons to kill animals ? No, far too dangerous. We might just antagonize the animal accidentally drop the bone then where would we be ?
Seriously though we are at a level of technological advancement now when almost every major new breakthrough is going to have the potential to do harm as well as good, what we need to do is learn how to make sensible decisions as to how to proceed.
In this case it would seem the best way to build safer nuclear reactors is to continue designing and building nuclear reactors. So far this has been a very safe course of action. Obviously we should also design for safety and consider our actions but there comes a time when you just have to jump in and bite the bullet.
I have no idea what you are writing about in that post so if that can be taken as an example of your English writing abilities then that guy may have a point.
?Yes. I will have steak,? said Penelope decisively. ?And I want it cooked rarely. I am a gourmet when it comes to beef so tell the cook not to overcook it."
?Yes Ma'am.? The waiter said smoothly. ?Anything else?? he added.
?French Fries and please bring the horseradish sauce.?
?A Caesar salad for me with blue cheese dressing.? Yvonne decided. ?I am watching my weight.?
?Leave room for the desert. It is our chef special today,? suggested the waiter.
Yvonne could see the people at the next table eating chocolate cake. Everybody else had finished their lunch and gone now from the empty room. ?Yes pleased,? she said eagerly. She had gotten over her fit about the extra vodka."
I was also amused by people asking people things questioningly
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That's ridiculous, according to a Budweiser advert I watched it's also illegal for your women to bathe topless on the beach, I know you have a few nice looking ladies over there so how on Earth can a law like that stand ?
Personally I say it MyS-Q-L and think MySequel is a horrible term but then I also refer to Microsofts S-Q-L Server in the same way and pronounce Linux as Lie-nux.
Soon, here in the UK they already can and do lock you up without trial. Fair enough at the moment this only to applies to immigrants but I wouldn't put it past the government to get past the problems with that by applying it to everyone.
No, a lot of the intelligence agencies didn't 'believe' that Iraq posed any credible threat from WMD. There wasn't much in the way of intelligence in the first place and what there was was considered to be somewhat suspect.
The agencies who act as the interface between the intelligence agencies and their government clearly did 'believe' in WMD and did their best to present evidence for that point of view to the government.
There was also alot of other people who didn't believe Saddam had any WMD, including the weapons inspectors.
Going to war emphasised GW's commitment to protecting the American people and diverted attention from anything else he was doing, I think it has in fact helped his re-election.
In actual fact the UK system assigns costs at the Judges discretion, by default the loser pays but the judge can order split the payments anyway he likes.
The judge is just stating his opinion that SCO hasn't shown any actual evidence so far.
That is not demonstrating any bias it's just his legal opinion which is what judges are paid to supply.
I don't know about anyone else but I am perfectly capable of deciding how much work I can effectively deal with.
I have had some managers who would appear to be following your plan ( or who were just stupid ), some of them listen when I said "No more work now, that's it" others didn't listen which leaves you with no choice but to slow right down and make a point of not doing any of the extra stuff.
I think the Earthlings were too interested in fighting each other and working out how to live underground to anything constructive.
Someone else later in this thread has posted the title of the book, I think it is by Frederick Pohl and is called "The World At The End Of Time"
Fantastic, thanks I have been looking for that for ages. Cheers.
There was a book about almost exactly this, the only difference being the agency causing the stars acceleration was an alien species who lived in stars and the fact that they were constantly accelerating the Earth until it was travelling so fast the rest of the Universe had disappeared to a tiny dot in the sky.
It did kind of emphasise the ultimate pointlessness of a civilization which was doomed to death by the eventual destruction of the sun and which was unable to travel anywhere outside the solar system or indeed interact with the rest of the universe at all.
I once read a book about some 'intelligences' which could live in Stars, unfortunately they didn't like each other very much and would constantly fight.
As part of one of these fights one of the intelligences caused the Earth to accelerate in the same way this star is accelerating on a course which took it out of the Milky Way and into empty space. Eventually it was travelling so fast that nothing from the solar system could possibly ever make it back to the Milky Way.
It was told through the eyes of an unfortunate man who kept on being cryongenically frozen and unfrozen over a period of millions of years as the planet became ever more chilly and isolated from everything else.
It was a great book and I wish I could remember what it was called since I have wanted to re-read for a while now.
But how will that help defeat the Evil Terrorists ? Personally I would like a program which scans my logs for Arabic and automatically informs the necessary authorities
Not sure which /. you are reading but it looks to me like everyone here hated her ;-)
Personally HP doesn't mean that much to me and I don't really know who she was. Didn't like HP's printer policy though.
I think I had better cut a deal with my employer so I get a cut of their gains if and when they fire me. I have no doubt they would operate a lot more efficiently without me.
Which is fine until some unfriendly blows your boat out of the water and you're stuck in a little life boat trying to navigate 800 Miles to the nearest friendly coast. Although I suppose the lifeboats may be equipped with GPS as well.
I was curious as to whether range lights were the same thing as leading lights and they are.
When the two lights are in line you know you are heading in the right direction on the right course.
Very few lighthouses are actually manned ( at least in the UK ) I vaguely remember hearing that in fact all of them are remotely operated now.
Fossils ? You are aware that they have been discredited numerous times, there is no mention of fossils in the bible and now - as usual - science is simply confirming the lords word.
If we ( as humans ) never did anything which had a slight potential of something bad happening then we we truly would still be living in caves.
Using bones as weapons to kill animals ? No, far too dangerous. We might just antagonize the animal accidentally drop the bone then where would we be ?
Seriously though we are at a level of technological advancement now when almost every major new breakthrough is going to have the potential to do harm as well as good, what we need to do is learn how to make sensible decisions as to how to proceed.
In this case it would seem the best way to build safer nuclear reactors is to continue designing and building nuclear reactors. So far this has been a very safe course of action. Obviously we should also design for safety and consider our actions but there comes a time when you just have to jump in and bite the bullet.
Typical American attitude, food, food, food - it's all they ever think about.
"just like users will manage to fill most of the storage space available"
This must be a natural law of life, shelves and cupboards exhibit exactly the same effect.
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I have no idea what you are writing about in that post so if that can be taken as an example of your English writing abilities then that guy may have a point.
This is truly a work of genius
?Yes. I will have steak,? said Penelope decisively. ?And I want it cooked rarely. I am a gourmet when it comes to beef so tell the cook not to overcook it."
?Yes Ma'am.? The waiter said smoothly. ?Anything else?? he added.
?French Fries and please bring the horseradish sauce.?
?A Caesar salad for me with blue cheese dressing.? Yvonne decided. ?I am watching my weight.?
?Leave room for the desert. It is our chef special today,? suggested the waiter.
Yvonne could see the people at the next table eating chocolate cake. Everybody else had finished their lunch and gone now from the empty room. ?Yes pleased,? she said eagerly. She had gotten over her fit about the extra vodka."
I was also amused by people asking people things questioningly
It looks a bit by saying that "they themselves did not think was of high quality" they are just whining after the event.
If they are willing to publish papers which they have read and do not think are high quality then they deserve everything they get.