Actully, a war against file sharing, like the war on drugs, does benefit the majority. The government only cares about one majority, that's the majority of the people that vote in the politians. 30% of all elligable citizens vote, and of that 30%, the only percentage that the government cares about are the ones that give them donations. Phillip Morris knows that if drugs were legalized there would be a sharp decline in tobacco use.
The RIAA is following the same logic. They're using their pull to make the government rule in the favor, nevermind the citizens that pay all the taxes and keep the economy going, they don't donate money to political campaigns nor do they vote.
Considering the amount of porn you could amass with this thing, I'd say it's a pretty likely bet that the user WOULD be naked. Clothing just gets in the way.
I'm not a chemist or biologist, but I do know that just about every drug has a smoked form. If crystal meth can be vaporized by the energy from a lighter, it could most certainly be inhaled through the respiratory system and absorbed into the blood stream. No telling what kind of damage it would do to a person's lungs, and the high wouldn't come as fast as snorting it, but it certainly is possible.
As for energy, if you're that desperate for caffine just get some soda. A two liter bottle of Dr. Pepper is certainly cheaper than these energy drinks, and I've yet to try an energy drink that tastes as good. With the exception of Jolt, but Jolt is just soda with more caffine, not really an energy drink. It doesn't claim those bogus ingrediants like Taurine and Guarana.
Agreed. I got an average of one piece of spam a week prior to the CAN-SPAM act being created. Now anywhere from 20-50% of my daily email is spam. Whatever happened to Congress making laws to HELP the citizens that elect them into office.
If you're publishing facts that aren't true, that's where libel starts...
They should do what Penn and Teller do on their show, instead of using slanderous words to describe people like Richter, they should use nouns such as Asshole, Dickhead, etc.
I thought the interview was funny as hell. The guy made it seem that his line of work wasn't unsolicited email messaging, then later referred to it as such. The icing on the cake of the deal was when he stated his email address and the interviewer, I think it was Rob Cordry (sic?), said it once, slowly, then they flashed it on the screen for about 30 seconds.
There was a battle that occured on Dagobah between Yoda and a dark side master. Yoda defeated his opponant, and whenever a person that's strong in dark side energies dies, they leave the effect there. The tree in Return of the Empire where Luke has his vision of being inside Vader's helmet is where the dark jedi fell, there's also an area above the surface of Endor's moon where Vader fell.
Well... Linux techs are migrating to India and giving the poor citizen some business. I'd say that's an improvement... right?
Insightful or Funny? I don't care, it's too early.
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If oil were to suddenly disappear.. say... tomorrow. The people like you that walk around wouldn't have a problem going to work, but you would have a problem getting food. I'm not aware of any city that's capable of feeding its citizens from food grown locally. There just isn't enough space in a city to have a farm or a slaughterhouse. Eventually the city will run out of supplies, and be unable to ship more supplies in. The people in the boondocks might have food, but they won't be able to drive to work, and what if the farm is 3 miles down the road? That's still a long way to walk, grab groceries, and walk back.
You must not be familiar with the people that are currently running the United States' government. I trust Bush and his cohorts, as well as all of Congress about as far as my wallet could pay them off, and I'm broke right now.
The "easy to fix, everlasting" cars you talk of do exist. They havn't been created in the United States since the mid 70's though. Near about the time when auto makers moved all their operations outside of the country to maximize profits.
Terrorism cannot be defined. There's no difference at the base level from what Al-Qaeda did to the WTC on 9/11 from what the US military is doing in Iraq now, with one small difference, the US military succeeded in taking over the country, which was a goal. Al-Qaeda had hoped to decimate the American economy and destroy the morale of the citizens with their attacks. It's easy to call one "terrorist" a terrorist when he fails and another a "hero" because he succeeds. History is written by the winning side, but it all boils down to one thing: people murdering other people. Whatever the reason: God, Money, or because your commander told you to do it.
Does that also apply to numberology? For example will the comma be replaces by the period or space in large numbers? Will "billion" be replaced by "thousand million"?
That's not entirely accurate. The South African nuclear weapon program was a joint project with Israel, and while South Africa decided to get rid of their nukes, Israel kept theirs.
Something's off with the continuity of your 2nd and 3rd points. If it was a part of the "war on terror" it shouldn't have even happened in Iraq. Saddam wasn't a terrorist. He was a prick to his people, sure, but some would agree that so is the President of the United States right now. There's still no evidence that Saddam is even linked to Al-Qaeda.
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It just doesn't benefit the majority.
Actully, a war against file sharing, like the war on drugs, does benefit the majority. The government only cares about one majority, that's the majority of the people that vote in the politians. 30% of all elligable citizens vote, and of that 30%, the only percentage that the government cares about are the ones that give them donations. Phillip Morris knows that if drugs were legalized there would be a sharp decline in tobacco use.
The RIAA is following the same logic. They're using their pull to make the government rule in the favor, nevermind the citizens that pay all the taxes and keep the economy going, they don't donate money to political campaigns nor do they vote.
anywhere near your computer plan to surf naked.
Considering the amount of porn you could amass with this thing, I'd say it's a pretty likely bet that the user WOULD be naked. Clothing just gets in the way.
Quite right, it's not the bandwith, but how you use it.
I'm not a chemist or biologist, but I do know that just about every drug has a smoked form. If crystal meth can be vaporized by the energy from a lighter, it could most certainly be inhaled through the respiratory system and absorbed into the blood stream. No telling what kind of damage it would do to a person's lungs, and the high wouldn't come as fast as snorting it, but it certainly is possible.
As for energy, if you're that desperate for caffine just get some soda. A two liter bottle of Dr. Pepper is certainly cheaper than these energy drinks, and I've yet to try an energy drink that tastes as good. With the exception of Jolt, but Jolt is just soda with more caffine, not really an energy drink. It doesn't claim those bogus ingrediants like Taurine and Guarana.
Exactly. Almost all of the spam I've been getting has the "Compliant with the CAN-SPAM act."
Agreed. I got an average of one piece of spam a week prior to the CAN-SPAM act being created. Now anywhere from 20-50% of my daily email is spam. Whatever happened to Congress making laws to HELP the citizens that elect them into office.
If you're publishing facts that aren't true, that's where libel starts...
They should do what Penn and Teller do on their show, instead of using slanderous words to describe people like Richter, they should use nouns such as Asshole, Dickhead, etc.
I thought the interview was funny as hell. The guy made it seem that his line of work wasn't unsolicited email messaging, then later referred to it as such. The icing on the cake of the deal was when he stated his email address and the interviewer, I think it was Rob Cordry (sic?), said it once, slowly, then they flashed it on the screen for about 30 seconds.
There was a battle that occured on Dagobah between Yoda and a dark side master. Yoda defeated his opponant, and whenever a person that's strong in dark side energies dies, they leave the effect there. The tree in Return of the Empire where Luke has his vision of being inside Vader's helmet is where the dark jedi fell, there's also an area above the surface of Endor's moon where Vader fell.
surfing on lava is just ridiculous - regardless of the setting
To borrow a phrase from Vader:
"Don't underestimate the pow-er of the Dark Side."
Well... Linux techs are migrating to India and giving the poor citizen some business. I'd say that's an improvement... right?
Insightful or Funny? I don't care, it's too early.
If oil were to suddenly disappear.. say... tomorrow. The people like you that walk around wouldn't have a problem going to work, but you would have a problem getting food. I'm not aware of any city that's capable of feeding its citizens from food grown locally. There just isn't enough space in a city to have a farm or a slaughterhouse. Eventually the city will run out of supplies, and be unable to ship more supplies in. The people in the boondocks might have food, but they won't be able to drive to work, and what if the farm is 3 miles down the road? That's still a long way to walk, grab groceries, and walk back.
Don't forget that Amsterdam is in the Netherlands!
So the people that die from Kitosis from the Atkin's diet arn't really dying, and the high cholesterol from fast foods doesn't clog arteries?
You must not be familiar with the people that are currently running the United States' government. I trust Bush and his cohorts, as well as all of Congress about as far as my wallet could pay them off, and I'm broke right now.
Don't forget the 6th Admendment, both the right to a speedy trial and the right to council, are null and void if you're a suspected terrorist.
Sounds like those former CFOs from ENRON and Worldcom found a new job...
The best a high school can muster in terms of programming classes might be BASIC. That's about as good as it gets.
The "easy to fix, everlasting" cars you talk of do exist. They havn't been created in the United States since the mid 70's though. Near about the time when auto makers moved all their operations outside of the country to maximize profits.
By our definition, Saddam was a terrorist
Terrorism cannot be defined. There's no difference at the base level from what Al-Qaeda did to the WTC on 9/11 from what the US military is doing in Iraq now, with one small difference, the US military succeeded in taking over the country, which was a goal. Al-Qaeda had hoped to decimate the American economy and destroy the morale of the citizens with their attacks. It's easy to call one "terrorist" a terrorist when he fails and another a "hero" because he succeeds. History is written by the winning side, but it all boils down to one thing: people murdering other people. Whatever the reason: God, Money, or because your commander told you to do it.
Does that also apply to numberology? For example will the comma be replaces by the period or space in large numbers? Will "billion" be replaced by "thousand million"?
First example : One fifth of a pound.
Second example : Two fifths of kilogram.
Wow that was tough!
That's not entirely accurate. The South African nuclear weapon program was a joint project with Israel, and while South Africa decided to get rid of their nukes, Israel kept theirs.
Something's off with the continuity of your 2nd and 3rd points. If it was a part of the "war on terror" it shouldn't have even happened in Iraq. Saddam wasn't a terrorist. He was a prick to his people, sure, but some would agree that so is the President of the United States right now. There's still no evidence that Saddam is even linked to Al-Qaeda.
Our lord and savior
You missed the "y" in that sentence. Not everyone believes in your deity, or your deity's children.