Come on, oil companies, argue bravely and responsibly. If you think Gore is wrong, show us the proof.
Not really sure where to begin here....even if "big oil" were behind this, you already have your mind made up on this issue so what would be the point. I could point out issues like the oil companies are making only 9 cents per gallon of profit which would put them in lower area's of margin with industry but since the world as a whole is consuming record volume of oil that naturally they would achieve record profit. Or that around 30-40% of there profits go back into R&D, but hey I don't want to rain on your parade.
"Big Oil" is pure evil because they make really good scapegoats in your world so go ahead and continue to villify them.
I am really sick and tired of people like you complaining because your partly lost. Get over it. Let me see if I get this straight, the courts are good when they make up laws which you like, but they are bad when they actually follow the laws that you don't like. Hmmmmmmm.
I'm glad IBM obviously hired some very expensive,...
Little bit of information here, IBM did not go _OUT_ and hire the lawyers. IBM keeps people like than on retainer for just such a reason. IBM is not paying out that much more compared with the dollar amount that they would have payed anyway.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad that IBM is not rolling over.
You have a complete misunderstanding of the people who disagree with global warming. We agree that the climate of the Earth is changing, we just don't see the evidence that the people are causing the warming. There is evidence that the Earth continuously experiences climate changes.
Can you point to just one piece of evidence that conclusively proves that the climate change is caused by humans?
What we need, and what the White House and DoD are steadfastly refusing to develop, is old-fashioned HUMINT, human intelligence.
What in the heck are you talking about? Everybody in just about all branches agree that we need more HUMINT. The problem is that those resources were abused and left to dwindle. The problem is that to rebuild the HUMINT takes many years to just get a footing. The electronic collection is just a stop-gap measure with some potential depending on many complicated factors. The real problem is that in the US society, the security will always be one step behind for one simple reason. Our system is designed for freedom first. This is very different from other systems that work off the belief that the government is first and the people are second. Once our system here in the US changes to the latter, we are in serious trouble.
Sorry, but your computer engineering degree does NOT mean much in this area. I have an degree in Electrical Engineering, and I am telling you it can be done. The problem is that most engineers use clocks as a crutch. It makes things easier, but that doesn't mean that synchronous designs are good: they are just easier to understand and debug.
You are without a doubt, one of the biggest idiots I have seen posting here. You spout unsubstantiated statements like they are facts when, in fact, all have been disproven. Please just go away. Go crawl back into your world where the sky is not blue, the Earth is flat and the center of the universe and where you apparently see to make sense.
You say "free broadband..." like there is a broadband fairy out there who will just waive a magical wand. Sorry, but there is no such animal. What will happen is that my tax dollars will be used for that and that my friend is just wrong. I don't care how you roll it up and try to smoke it.
You might want to check out the DragonFly website. The approach that they are taking is completely different. I would attempt to explain, but I am pretty sure I would show off my stupidity.
We all feel sorry for the people in New Orleans, but you really need to ask why it happened. What in the heck happened to the hundreds of millions over the last twenty year? Why one not a single penny actually spent on the levies?
The breakdown was not from the federal government. The local government for the last twenty years is the actual cause of the problem because I am pretty sure that hurricanes have been around for a few years.
Mr. Bush refuses to protect "some Americans" for the sake of a robust bottom line. This was not the Founder's vision for our Republic, and such is a great crime against the people and a violation of our nation's charter.
If you were to read through the papers of the founding fathers you would realize that the system won't be perfect and some people will fall through the cracks. That is why the system allows people to succeed IF they want.
More than likely, I have more years experience with each language than you do in total so I am pretty sure I am qualified enough to state that you should not type when you are mad.
The quality, maintainability and ability to add features to code written in higher level languages (C, C++ and such) is light-years ahead of ASM. If you have a "good developer" and a good compiler, they can get so darn close to the performance of ASM it is scary. I don't care how "crappy" the produced ASM code looks, it is performance that counts. Maintaining is not an issue since the ASM code is not what is suppported, it is the higher level language code that is supported.
Not sure if you have been keeping up with events, but they are saying just what you are. They DO want human intel, but the intelligence services were stipped down some time ago. I am not pointing figures here, just saying facts that have not be denied.
This search I hope is just a stop-gap measure until the human intel can be rebuild. You are talking sometimes in the order of double-digit years to repair such problems. Human intel just does not happer over night. It must be cultivated which takes time.
Personally, I don't need a study to confirm common sense. My suggestion would be to save a few dollars and look around. I will give you a good place to start: the courts.
Do you speak because you like to hear yourself talk?
I ask that because your opinions don't have any merit. Do you really understand what a Conservative is? I am pretty sure you don't. Please do a little research or have a conversation with one. You really might be enlightened.
Let me get this straight, you want a guarantee that a counter-terrorism project will succeed? Using that logic, you might as well dissolve all police departments because not only can't they provide a guarantee. Plus, since there is still crime in my community, we as a community are throwing our money away buy supporting the police department.
I hate the fact that they are wiretapping, but they are trying to do it with some level of intelligence. They are only tapping incoming calls from questionable location like say Syria, Afganistan and such. They only reason I support the Patriot Act is that it must be reup'ed every year not the normal practice.
During the times of war, historically the government has had to do such things. See Roosevelt & Lincoln as examples, and please don't say that we aren't in a time of war. Please remember what happened on 9-11. There are large groups of fanatics who are bent on destroying our way of life. They don't believe in freedom of choice. They believe in their own religion.
The only people who say this do NOT have any credibility. The President has not done anything wrong. It is his job to protect and serve the people. Please do not interpret your opinions with facts.
Personally, I would sacrifice performance for functionality any day. More times than not, I am not running the Windows app in any manor that requires critical performance (and if you are, you really need your head examined!).
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So, at what point does it become a baby? When it is born? When shows similarity to a human in the womb?
Come on, oil companies, argue bravely and responsibly. If you think Gore is wrong, show us the proof.
Not really sure where to begin here....even if "big oil" were behind this, you already have your mind made up on this issue so what would be the point. I could point out issues like the oil companies are making only 9 cents per gallon of profit which would put them in lower area's of margin with industry but since the world as a whole is consuming record volume of oil that naturally they would achieve record profit. Or that around 30-40% of there profits go back into R&D, but hey I don't want to rain on your parade.
"Big Oil" is pure evil because they make really good scapegoats in your world so go ahead and continue to villify them.
I am really sick and tired of people like you complaining because your partly lost. Get over it.
Let me see if I get this straight, the courts are good when they make up laws which you like, but they are bad when they actually follow the laws that you don't like. Hmmmmmmm.
You sir are a complete ass with a statement like that.
Little bit of information here, IBM did not go _OUT_ and hire the lawyers. IBM keeps people like than on retainer for just such a reason. IBM is not paying out that much more compared with the dollar amount that they would have payed anyway.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad that IBM is not rolling over.
You have a complete misunderstanding of the people who disagree with global warming. We agree that the climate of the Earth is changing, we just don't see the evidence that the people are causing the warming. There is evidence that the Earth continuously experiences climate changes.
Can you point to just one piece of evidence that conclusively proves that the climate change is caused by humans?
What in the heck are you talking about? Everybody in just about all branches agree that we need more HUMINT. The problem is that those resources were abused and left to dwindle. The problem is that to rebuild the HUMINT takes many years to just get a footing. The electronic collection is just a stop-gap measure with some potential depending on many complicated factors.
The real problem is that in the US society, the security will always be one step behind for one simple reason. Our system is designed for freedom first. This is very different from other systems that work off the belief that the government is first and the people are second. Once our system here in the US changes to the latter, we are in serious trouble.
Or is it from global warming? Think about it.
Sorry, but your computer engineering degree does NOT mean much in this area. I have an degree in Electrical Engineering, and I am telling you it can be done. The problem is that most engineers use clocks as a crutch. It makes things easier, but that doesn't mean that synchronous designs are good: they are just easier to understand and debug.
You are without a doubt, one of the biggest idiots I have seen posting here. You spout unsubstantiated statements like they are facts when, in fact, all have been disproven. Please just go away. Go crawl back into your world where the sky is not blue, the Earth is flat and the center of the universe and where you apparently see to make sense.
Do understand what the parent said? It is a natural progression. Do you really think that we humans can change the natural cycle?
You say "free broadband..." like there is a broadband fairy out there who will just waive a magical wand. Sorry, but there is no such animal. What will happen is that my tax dollars will be used for that and that my friend is just wrong. I don't care how you roll it up and try to smoke it.
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No, I don't think your odd. I do think you are just an ASS. Big difference. I will take odd any day.
You might want to check out the DragonFly website. The approach that they are taking is completely different. I would attempt to explain, but I am pretty sure I would show off my stupidity.
We all feel sorry for the people in New Orleans, but you really need to ask why it happened. What in the heck happened to the hundreds of millions over the last twenty year? Why one not a single penny actually spent on the levies?
The breakdown was not from the federal government. The local government for the last twenty years is the actual cause of the problem because I am pretty sure that hurricanes have been around for a few years.
If you were to read through the papers of the founding fathers you would realize that the system won't be perfect and some people will fall through the cracks. That is why the system allows people to succeed IF they want.
Oh come on, Larry knows quite a bit about the little people. Who do you think he has clean his mega-speed yacht?
More than likely, I have more years experience with each language than you do in total so I am pretty sure I am qualified enough to state that you should not type when you are mad.
The quality, maintainability and ability to add features to code written in higher level languages (C, C++ and such) is light-years ahead of ASM. If you have a "good developer" and a good compiler, they can get so darn close to the performance of ASM it is scary. I don't care how "crappy" the produced ASM code looks, it is performance that counts. Maintaining is not an issue since the ASM code is not what is suppported, it is the higher level language code that is supported.
Not sure if you have been keeping up with events, but they are saying just what you are. They DO want human intel, but the intelligence services were stipped down some time ago. I am not pointing figures here, just saying facts that have not be denied.
This search I hope is just a stop-gap measure until the human intel can be rebuild. You are talking sometimes in the order of double-digit years to repair such problems. Human intel just does not happer over night. It must be cultivated which takes time.
Personally, I don't need a study to confirm common sense. My suggestion would be to save a few dollars and look around. I will give you a good place to start: the courts.
Do you speak because you like to hear yourself talk?
I ask that because your opinions don't have any merit. Do you really understand what a Conservative is? I am pretty sure you don't. Please do a little research or have a conversation with one. You really might be enlightened.
Let me get this straight, you want a guarantee that a counter-terrorism project will succeed? Using that logic, you might as well dissolve all police departments because not only can't they provide a guarantee. Plus, since there is still crime in my community, we as a community are throwing our money away buy supporting the police department.
I hate the fact that they are wiretapping, but they are trying to do it with some level of intelligence. They are only tapping incoming calls from questionable location like say Syria, Afganistan and such. They only reason I support the Patriot Act is that it must be reup'ed every year not the normal practice.
During the times of war, historically the government has had to do such things. See Roosevelt & Lincoln as examples, and please don't say that we aren't in a time of war. Please remember what happened on 9-11. There are large groups of fanatics who are bent on destroying our way of life. They don't believe in freedom of choice. They believe in their own religion.
The only people who say this do NOT have any credibility. The President has not done anything wrong. It is his job to protect and serve the people. Please do not interpret your opinions with facts.
Personally, I would sacrifice performance for functionality any day. More times than not, I am not running the Windows app in any manor that requires critical performance (and if you are, you really need your head examined!).
I am not aware of one single credable entity that places any value on exit polls. There are too many variables.