I realize that Ron Moore has an executive producer credit and co-wrote several episodes, but then again, MacGyver has an executive producer credit on SG-1 but that doesn't mean he has squat to do with the show (other than making O'Neill cool). All I was responding to was the statment that "... if left with a free hand, do Moore's projects always have to have a messiah?" I would think that the fact that Hawkins is a Messianic character is something that the creator of the show is responsible for (otherwise it is just a story about some carnies in the dust bowl).
Sweet Sombie Jesus man! Here we are 26 minutes after posting the article and someone is already comparing America with the Nazis! That's got to be some sort of land speed record. PS, why is it that all one must do to get modded "Insightful" is bash the US and then say something to the effect of Go on, mod me a troll, but you know... its really true. Ok maybe I'm ranting a bit but its time to get some perspective on things The man said "I'm going to create some software that will make it easier to commit a crime" he then made some software that made it easier to commit a crime. I know that it was years ago but you have to admit, it doesn't help his position that created the software for legal file-sharing only... Oh yeah, go ahead and mod me down as a troll or something... (let's see if it works for me...)
I'd rather have my blatant advertisements labeled as such and off the Slashdot front page.
Come on now, the title is "How the Batsuit Works" You didn't really think this was serious, hard-hitting journalism, did you?
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Stallman said "Your freedom to throw your fist ends at the tip of my nose". Building ordnances are there for a reason, the same that forbids you from tanning in your underwear in the front lawn.
STALLMAN!?!?!?
Try Oliver Wendell Holmes
Note: I am not an anti-nuke nut but the problem with your argument is this:
those 25 tons of uranium are spread over the whole globe, not just a small area. Chernobyl didn't realase that much radiation when it had its little boo-boo but that didn't stop a 30+ people from dying immediately, and another 200 or so being treated for radiation poisoning (not to mention varying degrees of contamination of the land, an increase in the thyroid cancer rate in the Ukraine, etc.)
You will never be able to convince people who live ANYWHERE near the launch site of this vehicle that "hey, it's ok we promise you won't die from this".
actually, moving blue-collar jobs overseas was (and still is to a lesser extent) a major political issue. Remember the rallys where you could pay a buck and hit a Toyota with a sledgehammer? Or all the "Made In the USA" commercials. If you happened to live in an area that was affected by that round of outsourcing (and are old enough to remember the 80's and early 90's) you sure would.
The reason the white-collar jobs are a bigger issue is because we spent TONS of money teaching Joe and Jane Factory worker to answer tech support calls, telling them: "Well, you lost that job, but this one is here to stay" and then we yanked the rug out from under them again.
No, actually in the late 70's (could be wrong about the date) record companies started making the groove tighter on the record. This process, commonly called "groove cramming" did in fact mess with the quality of the record, making the record softer. The fact that a record had a lot of bass or not did not change the distance between grooves. It may be that the company producing the bass-heavy record wants to make sure it comes through as good as possible so they press it in heavier vinyl (180g or better) and don't cram the grooves.
"Ever buy one of the "imported' CDs from the record store... part of the reason they cost more is excise duty." The reason they cost so much is that they are usually bootlegs or otherwise unauthorized copies, the fines in the US for actually selling those things are horrible, so to make it worth your while, you have to mark that sucker up 2-300%, the excise duty is negligible
"Also keep in mind how much is spent fighting fires. A reasonable amount of logging might limit the spread of fires. And those trees that are burned in these large fires might have actually helped provide someone with a home instead of turning to smoke."
the problem with that is logging companies are more interested in large-diameter (old) trees for both lumber and wood pulp for paper. These trees actually help slow the spread of a fire (they are much harder to burn). If you want to control a fire, you must remove much of the scrubby underbrush that stays relatively dry and goes up like a piece of flash paper when a fire gets near it. Unfortunately, that is not as profitable as large-diameter trees so logging does not help much.
or you could just take a couple of gallons of gasoline and your favorite Zippo and generate the same effect, but you don't see Zippos on the list of things you need a fingerprint to get
yes, but if you read the article, you would have seen that "In 1974 it had a close encounter with Jupiter and was thrown onto a new orbit that brings it closer to the Sun. A comet loses material when it approaches the Sun, as solar radiation causes ice from its surface to "sublimate" into space" So in no way could you say that the loss is "uniform" before 1974, it would have lost damn little of it's mass
"Whats the next NHL expansion: the Death Valley Penguins?"
Have you seen the balance sheet for the Pittsburgh Penguins? They might just be moving to Death Valley (or just about anywhere else) soon... Just as long as they take Mike Lange anywhere they go "Get in the fast lane Grandma, cause the bingo game is ready to roll!"
it's not like Apple doesn't tell you that the songs are supported only on Windows and MacOS. If you don't like the terms of the sale, then simply don't buy the item.
"Did you earn or pay for the air you breathe? You don't deserve it."
I would gladly pay whatever organization went through the effort to create the air I breathe.
"Did you earn or pay for the ocean you swim in?"
Same as above
"For the view (in extremely high resolution and full 3D, no less!) of a very pretty girl who just passed you on the street?"
She's in public, I can therefore see her for free, if, however she were in a club that wanted me to pay to see her, then I would have to either a. PAY b. NOT SEE HER
"For that open-source program you've downloaded recently?"
It's open source, they don't want anything for it, if they did, it wouldn't be open source
"Did you earn or pay for reading Slashdot?" I assume that if the owners of slashdot wanted $ they would make this a pay site, since they don't they must get their money from another source, i don't know, maybe advertising?
Look closely at your own worldview if these are the best arguments you can come up with
What difference would that make?
A non-compete clause is only valid while you are still employed.
If he's working for MS now, he had better be competing against Suse.
Not true (at least in the States). Companies can make you sign a non-compete to keep you from working for another company in the same field for years after you leave.
"have the government install laws against frivolous malpractice lawsuits to reduce health insurance costs"
Sorry, I know this is offtopic, but every time i hear that I just cringe. Do you REALLY think that if frivolous lawsuits went away tomorrow there would be a change in how much healthcare costs? I'll admit that there are far too many lawyers and far too many lawsuits our there, but I also know that I'm not smart enough to come up with a solution and knee-jerk reactions like "let's get rid of bad lawsuits" don't help, because who gets to decide what is frivolous anyway?
(in the intrest of full disclosure, i work for an insurance company)
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I realize that Ron Moore has an executive producer credit and co-wrote several episodes, but then again, MacGyver has an executive producer credit on SG-1 but that doesn't mean he has squat to do with the show (other than making O'Neill cool). All I was responding to was the statment that "... if left with a free hand, do Moore's projects always have to have a messiah?" I would think that the fact that Hawkins is a Messianic character is something that the creator of the show is responsible for (otherwise it is just a story about some carnies in the dust bowl).
Carnivale (one of Moore's other recent efforts
Sorry, but Daniel Knauf was responsible for Carnivale (also one of my favorites) Gotta love The Little Man From Another Place
Sweet Sombie Jesus man! Here we are 26 minutes after posting the article and someone is already comparing America with the Nazis! That's got to be some sort of land speed record.
PS, why is it that all one must do to get modded "Insightful" is bash the US and then say something to the effect of Go on, mod me a troll, but you know... its really true.
Ok maybe I'm ranting a bit but its time to get some perspective on things The man said "I'm going to create some software that will make it easier to commit a crime" he then made some software that made it easier to commit a crime. I know that it was years ago but you have to admit, it doesn't help his position that created the software for legal file-sharing only...
Oh yeah, go ahead and mod me down as a troll or something... (let's see if it works for me...)
I'd rather have my blatant advertisements labeled as such and off the Slashdot front page.
Come on now, the title is "How the Batsuit Works" You didn't really think this was serious, hard-hitting journalism, did you?
Stallman said "Your freedom to throw your fist ends at the tip of my nose". Building ordnances are there for a reason, the same that forbids you from tanning in your underwear in the front lawn.
STALLMAN!?!?!?
Try Oliver Wendell Holmes
Note: I am not an anti-nuke nut but the problem with your argument is this:
those 25 tons of uranium are spread over the whole globe, not just a small area. Chernobyl didn't realase that much radiation when it had its little boo-boo but that didn't stop a 30+ people from dying immediately, and another 200 or so being treated for radiation poisoning (not to mention varying degrees of contamination of the land, an increase in the thyroid cancer rate in the Ukraine, etc.)
You will never be able to convince people who live ANYWHERE near the launch site of this vehicle that "hey, it's ok we promise you won't die from this".
or perhaps Galactica 1980? btw-the first series was '78 or '79 (remember Lucasfilm sued them for being a copy of Star Wars)
on 9/10/01 I would have agreed with you..
And of course if you want to complete the full Leonard Nimoy cycle, you must read "I Am Also Scotty"
actually, moving blue-collar jobs overseas was (and still is to a lesser extent) a major political issue. Remember the rallys where you could pay a buck and hit a Toyota with a sledgehammer? Or all the "Made In the USA" commercials. If you happened to live in an area that was affected by that round of outsourcing (and are old enough to remember the 80's and early 90's) you sure would.
The reason the white-collar jobs are a bigger issue is because we spent TONS of money teaching Joe and Jane Factory worker to answer tech support calls, telling them: "Well, you lost that job, but this one is here to stay" and then we yanked the rug out from under them again.
No, actually in the late 70's (could be wrong about the date) record companies started making the groove tighter on the record. This process, commonly called "groove cramming" did in fact mess with the quality of the record, making the record softer. The fact that a record had a lot of bass or not did not change the distance between grooves. It may be that the company producing the bass-heavy record wants to make sure it comes through as good as possible so they press it in heavier vinyl (180g or better) and don't cram the grooves.
Reminds me of a joke:
"how does a libretarian stop Al Quaeda?
Don't worry, the market will sort that out..."
"Ever buy one of the "imported' CDs from the record store... part of the reason they cost more is excise duty."
The reason they cost so much is that they are usually bootlegs or otherwise unauthorized copies, the fines in the US for actually selling those things are horrible, so to make it worth your while, you have to mark that sucker up 2-300%, the excise duty is negligible
"Also keep in mind how much is spent fighting fires. A reasonable amount of logging might limit the spread of fires. And those trees that are burned in these large fires might have actually helped provide someone with a home instead of turning to smoke." the problem with that is logging companies are more interested in large-diameter (old) trees for both lumber and wood pulp for paper. These trees actually help slow the spread of a fire (they are much harder to burn). If you want to control a fire, you must remove much of the scrubby underbrush that stays relatively dry and goes up like a piece of flash paper when a fire gets near it. Unfortunately, that is not as profitable as large-diameter trees so logging does not help much.
or you could just take a couple of gallons of gasoline and your favorite Zippo and generate the same effect, but you don't see Zippos on the list of things you need a fingerprint to get
yes, but if you read the article, you would have seen that "In 1974 it had a close encounter with Jupiter and was thrown onto a new orbit that brings it closer to the Sun. A comet loses material when it approaches the Sun, as solar radiation causes ice from its surface to "sublimate" into space" So in no way could you say that the loss is "uniform" before 1974, it would have lost damn little of it's mass
"Whats the next NHL expansion: the Death Valley Penguins?"
Have you seen the balance sheet for the Pittsburgh Penguins? They might just be moving to Death Valley (or just about anywhere else) soon... Just as long as they take Mike Lange anywhere they go "Get in the fast lane Grandma, cause the bingo game is ready to roll!"
it's not like Apple doesn't tell you that the songs are supported only on Windows and MacOS. If you don't like the terms of the sale, then simply don't buy the item.
"Did you earn or pay for the air you breathe? You don't deserve it."
I would gladly pay whatever organization went through the effort to create the air I breathe.
"Did you earn or pay for the ocean you swim in?"
Same as above
"For the view (in extremely high resolution and full 3D, no less!) of a very pretty girl who just passed you on the street?"
She's in public, I can therefore see her for free, if, however she were in a club that wanted me to pay to see her, then I would have to either a. PAY
b. NOT SEE HER
"For that open-source program you've downloaded recently?"
It's open source, they don't want anything for it, if they did, it wouldn't be open source
"Did you earn or pay for reading Slashdot?"
I assume that if the owners of slashdot wanted $ they would make this a pay site, since they don't they must get their money from another source, i don't know, maybe advertising?
Look closely at your own worldview if these are the best arguments you can come up with
What difference would that make? A non-compete clause is only valid while you are still employed. If he's working for MS now, he had better be competing against Suse. Not true (at least in the States). Companies can make you sign a non-compete to keep you from working for another company in the same field for years after you leave.
"have the government install laws against frivolous malpractice lawsuits to reduce health insurance costs"
Sorry, I know this is offtopic, but every time i hear that I just cringe. Do you REALLY think that if frivolous lawsuits went away tomorrow there would be a change in how much healthcare costs?
I'll admit that there are far too many lawyers and far too many lawsuits our there, but I also know that I'm not smart enough to come up with a solution and knee-jerk reactions like "let's get rid of bad lawsuits" don't help, because who gets to decide what is frivolous anyway?
(in the intrest of full disclosure, i work for an insurance company)