Wow, I think you're on to something! With just a few changes, Mezonic could be an anagram of Diebold. Wait nevermind that, that didn't go anywhere.
Hmm... If you take the letters of each, add up the ASCII values, and subtract, you get 34. 34 is ", which is the only character that could represent the twin towers. Of course we all know what the illuminati had to do with that. Clearly, the illuminati are behind this. And Diebold. Or something.
I don't know how true that *was*, but it is certainly not true as of july 21, 2004. From this article: "Bill and Melinda Gates yesterday announced that all of an estimated $3 billion of the stock dividend that would have gone to the Microsoft chairman will instead be donated to their non-profit foundation in support of its efforts in global health, education and equity."
From my interpretation, he isn't blaming the US for 9/11 any more than the Bush administration is 'blaming' the US for 9/11 due to poor security and too many freedoms ('They attacked us because they hate our freedom', 'Blame Clinton for letting them in and not giving the CIA/FBI/Secret Cabal enough resources/power to prevent it').
The only thing we would gain from John Kerry is a government that's a slave to France
This, of course, is just as trollish as the "Bush is Hitler" trolls...
Neither of us are going to be prevented from expressing our views.
You aren't paying attention and/or your media is being... 'selective'. Most recently, there were the protesters in NYC who were jailed, and held even after a judge ordered their release. Or the story of reporter Ana Nogueira, who was arrested in Miami while covering a protest. Or even something as common-place and accepted as "Free-Speech Zones"...
To answer that question, you would have to ask how much it would have cost to build a structure that could withstand a direct hit by a cat 5 hurricane when the structure was built. Now take the difference between the cost of the current structure, and the cost of that theoretical structure. Pick an x% interest rate for the number of years since the structure was built. Estimate the current damage, being sure to factor in depreciation values for the current crappy shuttle program. Which is greater? who knows, but I wouldn't write it off as a poor gamble quite yet...
I would have had to also pay for a land line with adsl
Not sure if you can get it where you are, but some dsl providers like Speakeasy can now provide a DSL connection without (you paying for) a landline. Speakeasy isn't the cheapest option out there, but they will give you at least 2 static IP addresses with most packages, and I think some come with 5 (I also think you can pay for more if needed). They also allow you to run servers.
The link in the write-up (http://slate.com/id/2105210/entry/0/) points to the most recent entry; the quoted text in the parent, and in the write-up, are from monday's entry (http://slate.com/id/2105210/entry/2105211/). When the write-up was done, tuesday's report probably wasn't up yet.
Unless you go the XPS route, the best ATI gfx card you can get seems to be the 9600. The XPS thing lasts under an hour, and weighs in at something like 8 lbs. Granted, that's what you get for a gaming laptop, but I'm trying to shoot for the middle ground somewhere between there. I also want a somewhat normal aspect ratio instead of these wide screen laptops...
doubt whether being adventurous is worth billions of dollars and the risk of human lives.
That's fine and dandy, but drop the "human lives" part of that. That's not for you to decide; that's for the people who are willing to take the risk to decide. Sky diving, scuba diving, mountain climbing, hiking, camping, driving anywhere - they are all a risk to human lives. Every single one of them, and in some cases, not just their own. It's not your place, or my place, to decide that these people should or should not be risking their life pursuing adventure. You can make that choice for only yourself and those you are legal guardian of, and since your tax dollars are represented in the "billions of dollars", you get a say in that too. But throwing around "human lives" is a weak attempt along the lines of the tired "think of the children" meme.
Other firms known to 'induce' copyright infringement: Any audio recording device. Any video recording device. Libraries. Any cd, vhs, dvd copier. The Internet. Ban it all, let God sort it out! *sigh*
If you're after a non-US perspective, you might want to try World Press Review. There are a handful of other similar magazines, but I find WPR's content to be diverse (topics that I wouldn't otherwise pay attention to on google news), impartial (they regularly include articles on the same topic from the same area from sources with different slants, so you get a feeling for what both 'conservative' and 'liberal' media in whatever country is saying), and informative. The only frustrating thing is there's a big lag time, but I don't think that's very solvable.
I read World Press Review, which collects, translates, and publishes articles from around the world. It's a great source for a different perspective, and it's interesting to know what is front page news in other countries.
I read that too, and was frustrated that I couldn't figure out where they were coming up with that. According to this story:
"For a few minutes after SpaceShipOne began its descent, it was unclear whether Melvill had reached his goal. But the mission announcer finally said the mission had been successful as the craft prepared to land at Mojave Airport, accompanied by three chase planes.
"
Looks like Globe and Mail just jumped the gun. thpt.
I mostly agree with what you said, but I think you've been listening to too much government propoganda when you assert this:
We should be particularly alarmed about about the spread of anti-American hate speech going on in the world... it's perfectly fine to be critcal of what we do here, but there comes a point where "dislike" crosses the line into "hatred", and it's those who have been brainwashed into thinking that free governments need to be banished from the world that we are fighting against as terrorists.
From most of what I've read/heard, terrorists don't hate us because we are "free" or we have a "free government" (although that is what the Adiministration would like you to believe, as that way they can argue "If you do not support the War On Terror, then you must not support Freedom!") -- most terrorists hate the policies of the US. This short essay gives one perspective, and actually provides references instead of the Administration repeating ad nauseum "They Hate Freedom" -- when there is little evidence that is the primary 'cause' of 9/11.
IMHO, attempts at these kinds of projects are always going to result in clumsy, kludgy, stupid machines until some totally new approaches are developed for processing and information retrieval.
That, however, is exactly the point of these kinds of challenges. If you throw a ton of money at a handfull of military/private researchers, they are most likely to travel down the path of the known. If you manage to get a bunch of people (students, most likely) competing, then simply because you have a *bunch* of people trying to solve the same problem, I think you are much more likely to stumble across the "new approach" you mention -- or, if not it, at least the beginnings of it, that can then be taken by that handfull of researchers with millions at their disposal and improved upon.
just my.02 (and why I like these 'challenge' things open to almost anyone (yes, I know DARPA had some criticism about who it allowed into the competition last time)...
And just this morning, I was shopping for this because Amazon sent me a 'last day to get deals on Linksys products' message. Fortunately (or unfortunately, I guess) I don't yet have a *need* for it, so I didn't buy it.
Scale'd launch journal puts it at 211,400 feet at apogee. I would imagine this is from the craft, not from "witnesses". Why the original story didn't link to this and use this number, is beyond me...
No, it's not 'possible to knock the moon a bit off its orbit by applying thousands of pounds of thrust to it', or no, it's not 'big enough for there to be no adverse effect?'?
Debris cleanup? Easy to solve - once the [current-administration variant of Star Wars] satellites get up, charge kids $1.25 for a 2-minute game of "Asteroids" (as we know, although blowing up a large object will produce several more-dangerous smaller objects, after the 4th generation or so they disappear as harmless dust).
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Wow, I think you're on to something! With just a few changes, Mezonic could be an anagram of Diebold. Wait nevermind that, that didn't go anywhere.
;-)
Hmm... If you take the letters of each, add up the ASCII values, and subtract, you get 34. 34 is ", which is the only character that could represent the twin towers. Of course we all know what the illuminati had to do with that. Clearly, the illuminati are behind this. And Diebold. Or something.
So now we know.
As to charity, BG has NOT given money.
I don't know how true that *was*, but it is certainly not true as of july 21, 2004. From this article:
"Bill and Melinda Gates yesterday announced that all of an estimated $3 billion of the stock dividend that would have gone to the Microsoft chairman will instead be donated to their non-profit foundation in support of its efforts in global health, education and equity."
Current death toll from Amnesty International's actions in Nepal: 9000
Mind explaining how, exactly, Amnesty International has a "death toll" attributale to their actions in Nepal?
From my interpretation, he isn't blaming the US for 9/11 any more than the Bush administration is 'blaming' the US for 9/11 due to poor security and too many freedoms ('They attacked us because they hate our freedom', 'Blame Clinton for letting them in and not giving the CIA/FBI/Secret Cabal enough resources/power to prevent it').
The only thing we would gain from John Kerry is a government that's a slave to France
... 'selective'. Most recently, there were the protesters in NYC who were jailed, and held even after a judge ordered their release. Or the story of reporter Ana Nogueira, who was arrested in Miami while covering a protest. Or even something as common-place and accepted as "Free-Speech Zones"...
This, of course, is just as trollish as the "Bush is Hitler" trolls...
Neither of us are going to be prevented from expressing our views.
You aren't paying attention and/or your media is being
To answer that question, you would have to ask how much it would have cost to build a structure that could withstand a direct hit by a cat 5 hurricane when the structure was built. Now take the difference between the cost of the current structure, and the cost of that theoretical structure. Pick an x% interest rate for the number of years since the structure was built. Estimate the current damage, being sure to factor in depreciation values for the current crappy shuttle program. Which is greater? who knows, but I wouldn't write it off as a poor gamble quite yet...
I would have had to also pay for a land line with adsl
Not sure if you can get it where you are, but some dsl providers like Speakeasy can now provide a DSL connection without (you paying for) a landline. Speakeasy isn't the cheapest option out there, but they will give you at least 2 static IP addresses with most packages, and I think some come with 5 (I also think you can pay for more if needed). They also allow you to run servers.
The link in the write-up (http://slate.com/id/2105210/entry/0/) points to the most recent entry; the quoted text in the parent, and in the write-up, are from monday's entry (http://slate.com/id/2105210/entry/2105211/). When the write-up was done, tuesday's report probably wasn't up yet.
Unless you go the XPS route, the best ATI gfx card you can get seems to be the 9600. The XPS thing lasts under an hour, and weighs in at something like 8 lbs. Granted, that's what you get for a gaming laptop, but I'm trying to shoot for the middle ground somewhere between there. I also want a somewhat normal aspect ratio instead of these wide screen laptops...
doubt whether being adventurous is worth billions of dollars and the risk of human lives.
That's fine and dandy, but drop the "human lives" part of that. That's not for you to decide; that's for the people who are willing to take the risk to decide. Sky diving, scuba diving, mountain climbing, hiking, camping, driving anywhere - they are all a risk to human lives. Every single one of them, and in some cases, not just their own. It's not your place, or my place, to decide that these people should or should not be risking their life pursuing adventure. You can make that choice for only yourself and those you are legal guardian of, and since your tax dollars are represented in the "billions of dollars", you get a say in that too. But throwing around "human lives" is a weak attempt along the lines of the tired "think of the children" meme.
Other firms known to 'induce' copyright infringement: Any audio recording device. Any video recording device. Libraries. Any cd, vhs, dvd copier. The Internet. Ban it all, let God sort it out! *sigh*
If you're after a non-US perspective, you might want to try World Press Review. There are a handful of other similar magazines, but I find WPR's content to be diverse (topics that I wouldn't otherwise pay attention to on google news), impartial (they regularly include articles on the same topic from the same area from sources with different slants, so you get a feeling for what both 'conservative' and 'liberal' media in whatever country is saying), and informative. The only frustrating thing is there's a big lag time, but I don't think that's very solvable.
I read World Press Review, which collects, translates, and publishes articles from around the world. It's a great source for a different perspective, and it's interesting to know what is front page news in other countries.
I read that too, and was frustrated that I couldn't figure out where they were coming up with that. According to this story:
"For a few minutes after SpaceShipOne began its descent, it was unclear whether Melvill had reached his goal. But the mission announcer finally said the mission had been successful as the craft prepared to land at Mojave Airport, accompanied by three chase planes. "
Looks like Globe and Mail just jumped the gun. thpt.
I mostly agree with what you said, but I think you've been listening to too much government propoganda when you assert this:
We should be particularly alarmed about about the spread of anti-American hate speech going on in the world... it's perfectly fine to be critcal of what we do here, but there comes a point where "dislike" crosses the line into "hatred", and it's those who have been brainwashed into thinking that free governments need to be banished from the world that we are fighting against as terrorists.
From most of what I've read/heard, terrorists don't hate us because we are "free" or we have a "free government" (although that is what the Adiministration would like you to believe, as that way they can argue "If you do not support the War On Terror, then you must not support Freedom!") -- most terrorists hate the policies of the US. This short essay gives one perspective, and actually provides references instead of the Administration repeating ad nauseum "They Hate Freedom" -- when there is little evidence that is the primary 'cause' of 9/11.
IMHO, attempts at these kinds of projects are always going to result in clumsy, kludgy, stupid machines until some totally new approaches are developed for processing and information retrieval.
.02 (and why I like these 'challenge' things open to almost anyone (yes, I know DARPA had some criticism about who it allowed into the competition last time)...
That, however, is exactly the point of these kinds of challenges. If you throw a ton of money at a handfull of military/private researchers, they are most likely to travel down the path of the known. If you manage to get a bunch of people (students, most likely) competing, then simply because you have a *bunch* of people trying to solve the same problem, I think you are much more likely to stumble across the "new approach" you mention -- or, if not it, at least the beginnings of it, that can then be taken by that handfull of researchers with millions at their disposal and improved upon.
just my
And just this morning, I was shopping for this because Amazon sent me a 'last day to get deals on Linksys products' message. Fortunately (or unfortunately, I guess) I don't yet have a *need* for it, so I didn't buy it.
I just closed my account, which has been open for .... jees... years.
Why would they use "witnesses" when Scaled has it in their journal at 211,400 feet?
Scale'd launch journal puts it at 211,400 feet at apogee. I would imagine this is from the craft, not from "witnesses". Why the original story didn't link to this and use this number, is beyond me...
Well, the third idea is having the computer be as smart as a reference librarian.
Heh. He just managed to offend reference librarians everywhere. Next week: Reference librarians boycott google!
...that in many places it probably isn't the best use of that purified water.
I wish I had mod points... Excellent post!
No, it's not 'possible to knock the moon a bit off its orbit by applying thousands of pounds of thrust to it', or no, it's not 'big enough for there to be no adverse effect?'?
Debris cleanup? Easy to solve - once the [current-administration variant of Star Wars] satellites get up, charge kids $1.25 for a 2-minute game of "Asteroids" (as we know, although blowing up a large object will produce several more-dangerous smaller objects, after the 4th generation or so they disappear as harmless dust).