electromagnetic fields that electronics dissapate are proven to cause cancer and disrupt the functioning of any given cell in the body they come into contact with. People living under super high-tension power-lines become sick and die for the same reasons.
Got any real references for that? I grew up under high-tension linez, n der's nO Pr0blm wid it! Seriously though, this has been beat to death since the sixties, and I've yet to hear of a study that proved what you're saying.
Well, we only control the airspace up to FL60 (a.k.a. 60,000 feet). To get there, you'd either need to launch with FAA control (you have to be under instrument flight rules in Class A airspace (18-60k ft)), or from some other country, and never be under 60001 ft.
I don't know about international treaties regarding the area about FL60. I know that NORAD track all the space junk (as well as watching out for incoming missiles).
For the person (way above) who complained that this is just guberment stomping on individuals rights to do what they want on their property...1.) You don't own the airspace above your land. 2.) Wouldn't it be fun to own the land at the end of a runway, and launch missiles straight up without any coordination with ATC (air traffic control)???...but hey when you kill several hundred jumbo jet passengers, you can say they were flying over your airspace...DOH!
In politics & life one can not choose the motivations behind people's actions. Therefore the next best thing is is to evaluate their actions.
I said nothing about being able to "choose", but I did evaluate them based upon their motivations. How many years did it take them? Oh, and please explain to me why China doesn't have to lower greenhouse emission? And, why Kyoto allows other countries to increase them!?! Yes, we should lower greenhouse emissions, but this treaty is all about money for developing nations, and little to do with the environment.
On the other hand, rejection of the protocol by the US has nothing to do with money ?? I prefer a country signing it for money than ignoring it for the same reasons.
Well, since Russia has a target of 0% change in greenhouse gas emissions, it costs them absolutely nothing to ratify. Wonder what took them so long? Obviously, they just used it as a poker chip to get something else that they wanted.
Now, do you suppose that all 95 Senators (the vote was 95-0) who voted in a resolution against it were just being asshats? Or, is their arguement valid that the sense of the Senate was that the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol that did not include binding targets and timetables for developing as well as industrialized nations or "would result in serious harm to the economy of the United States". Personally, when I see that kind of agreement amongst both parties (despite Al Gore's grandstanding symbolic signature to the resolution), I think that they may have a point.
Why should we sign on when China (the #2 emitter of greenhouse gases) is exempted from the treaty? It's patently unfair...and don't get me wrong, I'm all for lowering greenhouse emissions, but Kyoto isn't about that, it's about helping developing nations...they get to increase their emissions!
way to go USA, even Russia has a higher priority on clima protection than you.
For those of you that found the parent to be insightful, please go read a newspaper, and get an education. Russias ratification of Kyoto had nothing to do with them trying to be good shepherds of the environment, and everything to do with money, and their admittance to the WTO.
The odd thing about this is that volcanic eruptions often cool off the climate. If you check back a few years to when Mt. Pinatubo lost its top, the global "average hemispheric temperatures dropped by 0.2-0.5C for a period of 1-3 years".
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Though I no longer hunt, I find myself in complete agreement with the parent. My dad took us deer hunting when I was a teen. We went four years in a row, and even though the only deer I saw were on the roofs of other folks vehicles, we had a great time. It was a fantastic bonding experience. One of the best classes I've ever had was the Michigan DNR hunter safety school...it was required for minors (and should have been for adults too).
Here (at a Raytheon facility), we've got a display in the hallway with about a dozen vacuum tubes. Some dating back to 1922 (and patented...doh, there's that bad word)...the tube was originally named "Raytheon", then the company named after it.
Oddly enough, our troops actually NEVER leave. Oh their numbers reduce once the pup... err democratic government is established and in power but our presence is always kept in place. Hell we still keep massive deposts of military resources in GERMANY.
Ummm, didn't we leave the Phillipines, France, and Iran?...I'm sure that there were others. As a cold-war vet. who spent six yrs. in Germany, I find your assertion that we're still "OCCUPYING" simply naive. Most of the places I used to work at have been shut down because there's no longer a need for them. Others are still necessary, and the Germans are smart enough to understand that they need us there (FWIW, I've got German relatives), and if we were asked to leave, we would. In many places where locals protest the remaining presence of the U.S. military (Seoul Korea, Okinawa Japan for a couple of examples) it's more about economics than anything else...the land has become so valuable that they want it back. Having also spent six years in Korea, I'd hardly call the number of troops we've got there "OCCUPYING"...it's barely a presence (currently ~34000...few of which are in combat roles).
I made a living working on old HP disk drives (big ones...you know, with platters about 14" in diameter) for several years. When we finally switched IBM HDDs, I came across one that wasn't working, and mentioned it to my boss. He told me to slam it on the desk!?!...I thought he was nuts, but it worked, and as it turned out that was a common fix for those drives. Mind you that was ten years ago, so I've no idea if this problem still occurs with other drive types...I don't do hardware anymore (software geek).
So, which one of the 100,000 you've examined was non-trivial? Sorry, but you've no idea what you're talking about. Yes, the system needs serious reform, but there are plenty of inventors out there that do need patent protection.
My dad has a few patents in the specialty container area (and you thought that they were just cardboard boxes!) that he made for the auto industry. So, when the big boys (Ford & GM) wanted to undercut his price (there was no gouging going on here), and use his box design, the only thing that stopped them was the patent.
It's so interesting to read the rabid anti-patent comments here on/. knowing that 99.999% of them come from folks who've never invented/patented anything. Oh, and don't blame the corporations for the broken system...blame the lawyers.
...the journalist's is to report the world's events accurately.
The journalist's job is draw more eyes to the paper/tv station that they work for. Why do you think that USA Today has been so successful?...it's because of all the pretty colors & graphics, not because of the content or accuracy. If the statement above were true, than we'd be seeing the corrections on the front page.
I've been in the industry (at the same U.S. company) for about twelve years. I frequently work what our mgmt. likes to call "casual overtime"...unpaid. But that's usually just a few extra hours per week. Whenever we really are in crunch mode they authorize us to work extra time up to 48, or 56 hours, and pay for it. Seems very reasonable to me.
Yes, even Russia agreed to the plan, with the terrible shape its economy is in, because it knows the costs of not acting will be greater.
Let's get our facts straight here. They agreed to it once they got the nod from the EU that if they did support it, then they'd get entry into the WTO. So it really is all about the money for them. Oh, and just for your reference (no registration required)... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn /articles/A464 16-2004May21.html
This is just a typical big business practice for a company to press their suppliers for lower costs. In this case, I don't believe that even Wal-Mart has enough clout to force the RIAA to lower the prices. What could they do if they're told to go to hell?
Just another simple example of what I was pointing out above... My dad owned a specialty box business that created containers for Ford & GM. You'd be amazed at how much insight the big boys want into your business when you're a supplier. They'll tell you how to do it, how much you MUST lower your price, and how much supply you've gotta have on hand. And if you resist, they'll try to take the business to someone else and use the patented processes (my dad had many...you'd be amazed how many ways there are to make a box) that you own...I know there are alot of patent gripes here, but this is a situation where the small business owner is protecting themselves.
Didn't http://www.google-watch.org/ say that one of Google's top people came from the Department of Defense?
Maybe, but then so have millions of people, myself included. Is there a point?
I looked at the site briefly, specifically the "Spooks on Board" link. Really nothing to see there. Is it surprising that the govt. is interested in hiring Linux admin types?...well, I really doubt it since NSA has created their own flavor of it.
I'm not suggesting you take off the tin-foil hat, just loosen it up a bit so the blood still flows.
$174,928 out of $5,245,557, or 3.3%...nothing to sneeze at, but I'd hardly call it "suckle at the teat of". I don't particularly like Hatch's politics either, but he's historically been one of the few congresscritters who does what he believes. If you've got evidence to the contrary, I'd like to see it. The numbers above come from http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?C ID=N00009869&cycle=2004
Maybe we should also pay attention to the Congressional Internet Caucus, of which Mr. Boucher is a member (along with ~180 others)... http://www.netcaucus.org/
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electromagnetic fields that electronics dissapate are proven to cause cancer and disrupt the functioning of any given cell in the body they come into contact with. People living under super high-tension power-lines become sick and die for the same reasons.
Got any real references for that? I grew up under high-tension linez, n der's nO Pr0blm wid it! Seriously though, this has been beat to death since the sixties, and I've yet to hear of a study that proved what you're saying.
Brings new meaning to the term "lap dance".
Only at FL60 and below.
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Well, we only control the airspace up to FL60 (a.k.a. 60,000 feet). To get there, you'd either need to launch with FAA control (you have to be under instrument flight rules in Class A airspace (18-60k ft)), or from some other country, and never be under 60001 ft.
I don't know about international treaties regarding the area about FL60. I know that NORAD track all the space junk (as well as watching out for incoming missiles).
For the person (way above) who complained that this is just guberment stomping on individuals rights to do what they want on their property...1.) You don't own the airspace above your land. 2.) Wouldn't it be fun to own the land at the end of a runway, and launch missiles straight up without any coordination with ATC (air traffic control)???...but hey when you kill several hundred jumbo jet passengers, you can say they were flying over your airspace...DOH!
It's been on TV for a few days now, with reporters trying it on for size. Are we that far behind? Oh, almost forgot which site I was on.
In politics & life one can not choose the motivations behind people's actions. Therefore the next best thing is is to evaluate their actions.
I said nothing about being able to "choose", but I did evaluate them based upon their motivations. How many years did it take them? Oh, and please explain to me why China doesn't have to lower greenhouse emission? And, why Kyoto allows other countries to increase them!?! Yes, we should lower greenhouse emissions, but this treaty is all about money for developing nations, and little to do with the environment.
On the other hand, rejection of the protocol by the US has nothing to do with money ?? I prefer a country signing it for money than ignoring it for the same reasons.
Well, since Russia has a target of 0% change in greenhouse gas emissions, it costs them absolutely nothing to ratify. Wonder what took them so long? Obviously, they just used it as a poker chip to get something else that they wanted.
Now, do you suppose that all 95 Senators (the vote was 95-0) who voted in a resolution against it were just being asshats? Or, is their arguement valid that the sense of the Senate was that the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol that did not include binding targets and timetables for developing as well as industrialized nations or "would result in serious harm to the economy of the United States". Personally, when I see that kind of agreement amongst both parties (despite Al Gore's grandstanding symbolic signature to the resolution), I think that they may have a point.
Why should we sign on when China (the #2 emitter of greenhouse gases) is exempted from the treaty? It's patently unfair...and don't get me wrong, I'm all for lowering greenhouse emissions, but Kyoto isn't about that, it's about helping developing nations...they get to increase their emissions!
way to go USA, even Russia has a higher priority on clima protection than you.
For those of you that found the parent to be insightful, please go read a newspaper, and get an education. Russias ratification of Kyoto had nothing to do with them trying to be good shepherds of the environment, and everything to do with money, and their admittance to the WTO.
The odd thing about this is that volcanic eruptions often cool off the climate. If you check back a few years to when Mt. Pinatubo lost its top, the global "average hemispheric temperatures dropped by 0.2-0.5C for a period of 1-3 years".
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Though I no longer hunt, I find myself in complete agreement with the parent. My dad took us deer hunting when I was a teen. We went four years in a row, and even though the only deer I saw were on the roofs of other folks vehicles, we had a great time. It was a fantastic bonding experience. One of the best classes I've ever had was the Michigan DNR hunter safety school...it was required for minors (and should have been for adults too).
Dear Peter,
Just a suggestion...when posting as an AC, you might want to consider taking your name out of the sig block.
See Spectrum's article on the 50th anniversary of the transistor.
Here (at a Raytheon facility), we've got a display in the hallway with about a dozen vacuum tubes. Some dating back to 1922 (and patented...doh, there's that bad word)...the tube was originally named "Raytheon", then the company named after it.
Seems we had a bit to do with the microwave also.
Oddly enough, our troops actually NEVER leave. Oh their numbers reduce once the pup... err democratic government is established and in power but our presence is always kept in place. Hell we still keep massive deposts of military resources in GERMANY.
Ummm, didn't we leave the Phillipines, France, and Iran?...I'm sure that there were others. As a cold-war vet. who spent six yrs. in Germany, I find your assertion that we're still "OCCUPYING" simply naive. Most of the places I used to work at have been shut down because there's no longer a need for them. Others are still necessary, and the Germans are smart enough to understand that they need us there (FWIW, I've got German relatives), and if we were asked to leave, we would. In many places where locals protest the remaining presence of the U.S. military (Seoul Korea, Okinawa Japan for a couple of examples) it's more about economics than anything else...the land has become so valuable that they want it back. Having also spent six years in Korea, I'd hardly call the number of troops we've got there "OCCUPYING"...it's barely a presence (currently ~34000...few of which are in combat roles).
That Marshall was like Anna Kournikova in a nunnery
Also known as a "bad habit".
I made a living working on old HP disk drives (big ones...you know, with platters about 14" in diameter) for several years. When we finally switched IBM HDDs, I came across one that wasn't working, and mentioned it to my boss. He told me to slam it on the desk!?!...I thought he was nuts, but it worked, and as it turned out that was a common fix for those drives. Mind you that was ten years ago, so I've no idea if this problem still occurs with other drive types...I don't do hardware anymore (software geek).
Just a couple of comments regarding patents...
/. knowing that 99.999% of them come from folks who've never invented/patented anything. Oh, and don't blame the corporations for the broken system...blame the lawyers.
99.999% of all patents are trivial, IMNSHO
So, which one of the 100,000 you've examined was non-trivial? Sorry, but you've no idea what you're talking about. Yes, the system needs serious reform, but there are plenty of inventors out there that do need patent protection.
My dad has a few patents in the specialty container area (and you thought that they were just cardboard boxes!) that he made for the auto industry. So, when the big boys (Ford & GM) wanted to undercut his price (there was no gouging going on here), and use his box design, the only thing that stopped them was the patent.
It's so interesting to read the rabid anti-patent comments here on
...the journalist's is to report the world's events accurately.
The journalist's job is draw more eyes to the paper/tv station that they work for. Why do you think that USA Today has been so successful?...it's because of all the pretty colors & graphics, not because of the content or accuracy. If the statement above were true, than we'd be seeing the corrections on the front page.
I've been in the industry (at the same U.S. company) for about twelve years. I frequently work what our mgmt. likes to call "casual overtime"...unpaid. But that's usually just a few extra hours per week. Whenever we really are in crunch mode they authorize us to work extra time up to 48, or 56 hours, and pay for it. Seems very reasonable to me.
Yes, even Russia agreed to the plan, with the terrible shape its economy is in, because it knows the costs of not acting will be greater.
n /articles/A464 16-2004May21.html
Let's get our facts straight here. They agreed to it once they got the nod from the EU that if they did support it, then they'd get entry into the WTO. So it really is all about the money for them. Oh, and just for your reference (no registration required)...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy
Too bad that they're not taking orders...DOH!
This is just a typical big business practice for a company to press their suppliers for lower costs. In this case, I don't believe that even Wal-Mart has enough clout to force the RIAA to lower the prices. What could they do if they're told to go to hell?
Just another simple example of what I was pointing out above... My dad owned a specialty box business that created containers for Ford & GM. You'd be amazed at how much insight the big boys want into your business when you're a supplier. They'll tell you how to do it, how much you MUST lower your price, and how much supply you've gotta have on hand. And if you resist, they'll try to take the business to someone else and use the patented processes (my dad had many...you'd be amazed how many ways there are to make a box) that you own...I know there are alot of patent gripes here, but this is a situation where the small business owner is protecting themselves.
Didn't http://www.google-watch.org/ say that one of Google's top people came from the Department of Defense?
Maybe, but then so have millions of people, myself included. Is there a point?
I looked at the site briefly, specifically the "Spooks on Board" link. Really nothing to see there. Is it surprising that the govt. is interested in hiring Linux admin types?...well, I really doubt it since NSA has created their own flavor of it.
I'm not suggesting you take off the tin-foil hat, just loosen it up a bit so the blood still flows.
Well, I wasn't born here, but I've certainly done my share of breedin' here, and I don't like it one single bit. Rat bastards!
$174,928 out of $5,245,557, or 3.3%...nothing to sneeze at, but I'd hardly call it "suckle at the teat of". I don't particularly like Hatch's politics either, but he's historically been one of the few congresscritters who does what he believes. If you've got evidence to the contrary, I'd like to see it. The numbers above come from http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?C ID=N00009869&cycle=2004
Maybe we should also pay attention to the Congressional Internet Caucus, of which Mr. Boucher is a member (along with ~180 others)... http://www.netcaucus.org/