No, I'd rather shoot the motherfucker (or stab, or strangle, beat to death, whatever gets the job done), however, I wouldn't encourage the government to think that it's ok to track anyone for any amount of time. See, the government has at its disposal much more resources than a simple criminal, and they are therefore in a position to do much more harm, once they are out of control. Legitimizing such intervention is a step in that direction. Therefore stuff like an individual's privacy should be valued above temporary safety concerns.
Actually adult entertainment has always been at the forefront of internet innovation. The web for example would never be what it is had it not been for pron sites.
a) it has something to do with the input method: a sylus is much better than a thumb for entering data and palm's original graffity 1 leaves little room for error (grafity 2 sucks).
b) it has a much bigger screen than any telephone I've seen. and I've seen bulkier phones. The absense of a keyboard allows that.
c) it is far cheaper than a cell phone sporting similar fatures
plain old mp3 will work in an i-pod, it's other kinds of drm that won't. so you can always play your pirated music on an i-pod. as for "... only legal digital means of songs" - I don't even know what the hell you're talking about
You Sir, are my hero. I couldn't have said it better myself. Just like to add that these same characteristics are just as much the result of, as a prerequisite for predatory behavior. don't diss your heritage!
Hmm, how about restoring the top predators also? And while we're at it, how about we introduce a predator that could keep the human population in check? Then maybe the rest of us can enjoy hunting without worrying we might significantly impact the numbers of this or that game species. =)
Riiight. We should all just up and die. In that line of reasoning we shouldn't try to fly either since we have no wings. Our bodies make us excellent hunters, in fact. So good, the ballance is tipped so strongly in our favor we could cause the extinction of the prey species. That hideously bulbous skull on your shoulders is there for a reason.
Bacteria are easy to genetically engineer and have been a major ingredient in the active sludge used in water purification plants. Now if you could program bacteria to break toxic substances you could also program them to produce them. A clever terrorist would program his bacteria to only produce toxins once a certain set of criteria has been met. For example you could program them to start producing neurotoxins once the temperature drops to 4C (average temperature in a refrigerator) or once the amount of sunligt reaches a certain level etc. This would allow for better, more discriminating and hard to detect and identify chemical/biological weapons. Think of computer viruses - for each way they find to detect and neutralize them, there will be several ways to circumvent it. YAY!
Radical? Do you trust your military or your leadership more than you trust yourself? I fail to see how basic common sense can be considered radical. Moreover, how could the overwhelming disparity in firepower in favor of the government be construed as a reason to disarm the citizen even further? (lest they break a sweat when they come for you, probably;)
the police are useless in most cases where you'd need a gun. Besides, you can't expect the police to take your interests to heart. It would be wonderful if there were no firearms around, or automobiles, or mobile phones, etc, but there are. You should react accordingly
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-- Neither Qtopia nor PocketPC are even close. --
I sure hope Qtopia would be an option, what with the future linux kernel of the palm OS
even so, palm os runs in emulation on the xscale,
a great part of the apps do too. it's all pretty much still 68k code.
Please, don't!
the last thing the world needs are metrosexual britney spears fundamentalists!
what's so funny about this?
I ain't saying the parent doesn't have a point.
All I'm saying is it should be modded "Insightful" rather than funny.
No, I'd rather shoot the motherfucker
(or stab, or strangle, beat to death, whatever gets the job done), however, I wouldn't encourage the government to think that it's ok to track anyone for any amount of time. See, the government has at its disposal much more resources than a simple criminal, and they are therefore in a position to do much more harm, once they are out of control. Legitimizing such intervention is a step in that direction. Therefore stuff like an individual's privacy should be valued above temporary safety concerns.
Actually adult entertainment has always been at the forefront of internet innovation. The web for example would never be what it is had it not been for pron sites.
I bet you could also choke the chiken if you tried really hard
I always thought humans were a subset of animals ...
and not vice versa
as a happy T3 owner, lemme give you the scoop:
a) it has something to do with the input method:
a sylus is much better than a thumb for entering data and palm's original graffity 1 leaves little room for error (grafity 2 sucks).
b) it has a much bigger screen than any telephone I've seen. and I've seen bulkier phones. The absense of a keyboard allows that.
c) it is far cheaper than a cell phone sporting similar fatures
d) It's NOT a fucking cellphone
plain old mp3 will work in an i-pod, it's other kinds of drm that won't.
so you can always play your pirated
music on an i-pod.
as for "... only legal digital means of songs" - I don't even know what the hell you're talking about
that's why you need a camera and a remote controlled gun.
And make it known that next time, the scientific stuff will shoot back.
gets my vote.
Don't think it's illegal too =)
Try hunting wild boar.
With a knife.
Guaranteed pure adrenalin.
For a short while.
The possibilities dude, think of the possibilities!
You Sir, are my hero.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Just like to add that these same characteristics
are just as much the result of, as a prerequisite
for predatory behavior.
don't diss your heritage!
maybe not roaches, but locusts and some other
types of insects certainly. Great source of protein.
Hmm, how about restoring the top predators also?
And while we're at it, how about we introduce a predator that could keep the human population in check?
Then maybe the rest of us can enjoy hunting without worrying we might significantly impact the numbers of this or that game species. =)
Riiight.
We should all just up and die.
In that line of reasoning we shouldn't try to fly
either since we have no wings.
Our bodies make us excellent hunters, in fact.
So good, the ballance is tipped so strongly in our favor we could cause the extinction of the prey species.
That hideously bulbous skull on your shoulders is there for a reason.
Bacteria are easy to genetically engineer and have been a major ingredient in the active sludge used in water purification plants. Now if you could program bacteria to break toxic substances you could also program them to produce them.
A clever terrorist would program his bacteria to only produce toxins once a certain set of criteria has been met. For example you could program them to start producing neurotoxins once the temperature drops to 4C (average temperature in a refrigerator) or once the amount of sunligt reaches a certain level etc. This would allow for better, more discriminating and hard to detect and identify chemical/biological weapons.
Think of computer viruses - for each way they find to detect and neutralize them, there will be several ways to circumvent it.
YAY!
and it's XML?
I'm not holding my breath either
you sir are a TROLL
Radical? ;)
Do you trust your military or your leadership more than you trust yourself? I fail to see how basic common sense can be considered radical. Moreover, how could the overwhelming disparity in firepower in favor of the government be construed as a reason to disarm the citizen even further? (lest they break a sweat when they come for you, probably
Earliest recorded mention is in Babylon, I bet it goes much further back
heh, assuming the burglar is not armed with some old school iron, in which case all you'd be able to confidently say is "Oh, shit!"
the police are useless in most cases where you'd need a gun.
Besides, you can't expect the police to take your interests to heart.
It would be wonderful if there were no firearms around, or automobiles, or mobile phones, etc, but there are. You should react accordingly