Its a conspiracy, the truth is Natalie Portman poured hot grits on the beowulf/. cluster. In Soviet Russia, all your threads belong to our table altering overlords.
Why is it odd to pilot/test on a smaller scale (in the basement of a mansion) rather then impact the production environment (the city's waste water treatment facility)? Wouldn't a proof-of-concept seem reasonable when, as you say yourself, they don't appear to have worked out the details of transferring energy from one place to another?
But you have admit, Bush has exercised leverage within the party (and thus both the house and senate) as far as which laws reach the floor for a vote and head to his desk. Just because he doesn't write them, doesn't mean he doesn't influence the process a great deal.
Could it also be that it took them 30 years to find a practical application for their wave-to-energy ducks? The small scale prototype in a wave tank is pumping air rather then water? And in arid countries with good access to sea water (Australia and Israel are given as examples) aren't the countries that would need this type of technology. In third world areas where fresh water is an issue usually lack access to large bodies of water, so we're left talking about India - are they going to be willing to fill these ducks up with fresh water (FTA, its takes fresh water to make fresh water, heated to 100C).
I agree, managing and archiving that much log activity is daunting, even more so if its expected that ISPs should be parsing the logs in search of suspicious behavior.
The problem arises when the government steps in and says 'don't worry about the logs, we'll take care of it, please place this sniffer at your key relay points, we'll manage and parse the logs for you.... its for uh, National Security reasons'.
Evidence is a record, if you've ever been audited you'd know that they'll ask for 'evidence' that your IT controls (things such as user request processing, review of security logs, etc) to prove or disprove you are actually doing what you say you are doing. For such 'evidence' to be admissible in court, you have to show they were generated in the course of normal processing.
I too am not a lawyer, but I believe ISPs in the US have to keep logs for a minimum of 2 years, but that may vary per the state as well. The key bit here is, is the article is about Germany which has strict privacy laws. One example I was given is that you (nor the authorities) can monitor data transmissions and search warrants are strictly scrutinized and narrowed to a specific thing the search is after (I got what I do know from a friend who lives there, my german is too rusty to make heads or tails of the site I linked, although my friend says its a good resource if you can read german).
My apologies, I used an unreliable source to quote, I will re-verify such C&P items in the future. I meant no discredit or disrespect to Mr. Gavin and a thoroughly enjoyable pieced he penned.
I admit to not being a student of the climate, but it seems that every publication that is released differs from the others other then saying that CFCs are the root cause and that we are warming. Would you mind answering a dumb question? From what I understand, ice ages are a naturally occurring phenomena, where are we in the ice age cycle? I tried to read the graphs on Wiki but the data is presented in thousands of years and I didn't see a 'you are here' arrow. Thank you.
My fellow citizens, it is an honor and a pleasure to be here today. My opponent has openly admitted he feels an affinity toward your city, but I happen to like this area. It might be a salubrious place to him, but to me it is one of the nation's most delightful garden spots.
When I embarked upon this political campaign, I hoped that it could be conducted on a high level and that my opponent would be willing to stick to the issues. Unfortunately, he has decided to be tractable instead--to indulge in unequivocal language, to eschew the use of outright lies in his speeches, and even to make repeated veracious statements about me.
At first I tried to ignore these scrupulous, unvarnished fidelities. Now I will do so no longer. If my opponent wants a fight, he's going to get one!
It might be instructive to start with his background. My friends, have you ever accidentally dislodged a rock on the ground and seen what was underneath? Well, exploring my opponent's background is dissimilar. All the slime and filth and corruption you can possibly imagine, even in your wildest dreams, are glaringly nonexistent in this man's life. And even in his childhood!
Let us take a very quick look at that childhood: It is a known fact that, on a number of occasions, he emulated older boys at a certain playground. It is also known that his parents not only permitted him to masticate in their presence, but even urged him to do so. Most explicable of all, this man who poses as a paragon of virtue exacerbated his own sister when they were both teenagers!
I ask you, my fellow Americans: is this the kind of person we want in public office to set an example for our youth?
Of course, it's not surprising that he should have such a typically pristine background--no, not when you consider the other members of his family:
His female relatives put on a constant pose of purity and innocence, and claim they are inscrutable, yet every one of them has taken part in hortatory activities.
The men in the family are likewise completely amenable to moral suasion.
My opponent's uncle was a flagrant heterosexual.
His sister, who has always been obsessed by sects, once worked as a proselyte outside a church.
His father was secretly chagrined at least a dozen times by matters of a pecuniary nature.
His youngest brother wrote an essay extolling the virtues of being a homo sapien.
His great-aunt expired from a degenerative disease.
His nephew subscribes to a phonographic magazine.
His wife was a thespian before their marriage and even performed the act in front of paying customers.
And his own mother had to resign from a women's organization in her later years because she was an admitted sexagenarian.
Now what shall we say about the man himself?
I can tell you in solemn truth that he is the very antithesis of political radicalism, economic irresponsibility and personal depravity. His own record proves that he has frequently discountenanced treasonable, un-American philosophies and has perpetrated many overt acts as well.
He perambulated his infant on the street.
He practiced nepotism with his uncle and first cousin.
He attempted to interest a 13-year-old girl in philately.
He participated in a seance at a private residence where, among other odd goings-on, there was incense.
He has declared himself in favor of more homogeneity on college campuses.
He has advocated social intercourse in mixed company - and has taken part in such gatherings himself.
He has been deliberately averse to crime in our city streets.
He has urged our Protestant and Jewish citizens to develop more catholic tastes.
Last summer he committed a piscatorial act on a boat that was flying the U.S. flag.
Finally, at a time when we must be on our guard against all foreign isms, he has cooly announced his belief in altruism - and his fervent hope that some day this entire nation will be altruistic!
Why does the opposition have to be bought-off cranks? Can't also the ones you triumph be trying to justify grant-money, get published, etc? I'm not saying you are wrong, but it seems that in most cases where two opposing forces (and don't fool yourself, both are well funded) are at play, both tend to bend things to their advantage and otherwise try to discredit the opposition. Its sad things are this way, but this way they are.
My example was aimed at drawing an illustration where unrelated bills are attached to easily passable legislation. From your examples I assume you'd prefer to live in Oceania? War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength. Catchy aren't they?
I don't want the world boiled down to single word marketing, but I think any candidate could look at survey of are you Pro-Life or Pro-Choice and be able to check a box. Are you for or against gun control? Are you for or against forgiving third-world debt? I realize not every issue can be boiled down to a single question, but there are certainly enough that would paint a picture of where a candidate stands on issues the voters do care about. Honestly, what percentage of political ads have you personally read/seen/heard that attacked their opponent rather then promote themselves?
About big oil keeping wealth right here in the US. There are 5 'major' oil companies - ExxonMobile, Chevron Texaco, BP, Royal Dutch Petroleum, and Total S.A. - only 2 are US companies so the wealth (especially considering the Saudi's royal families and other Arab sources which don't release earnings to the public) is not as centralized as you may believe.
Who would write it? Lawyers of course, most politicians are lawyers and know how to make an issue statement without taking a stance, only another lawyer could compose a question in such a way to make a candidate pick a side. These could be used to 'score' our politicians to see how often they stray from their declared position. Of course this would have to coupled with that add-on bills - for example, a law comes to vote that would require all sex offenders to register and make tracking online available so we can lookup who's living in our neighborhoods - what politician would vote against it and stand with child molesters right? But at the last minute someone tags on a huge spending bill that will fund additional big oil breaks and further suppress alternative energy research (or something else unrelated to the spirit/nature of the bill that otherwise wouldn't pass). This happens far more then we care to know about, but that single YEA vote suddenly counts for being for two different (and possibly opposing) stances.
Its not a mature idea, but a Voter Information Packet is something that is long overdue IMHO. An independent identical survey seems like it would work, of course it may also point out how often the candidates agree and further merge to two parties as they fight for mainstream/center votes. Damn I wish there was a Center Party that combined the conservative financial ideals with the liberal social conscience.
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will the graphics become outdated... YES
will something new come along to replace it... YES
will people just lose interest... YES
As goes every online/computer based game
But, scientists continue to be attracted to the mice that eat cheese. Coincidence? I think not.
No, but the parent seemed guinely stumped on how to find a real-life phishing site. His hotmail box should have been a great source.
Thought W fixed that. That's it, he's so grounded.
Dick Cheney
Never get spam do you? Really?
Its a conspiracy, the truth is Natalie Portman poured hot grits on the beowulf /. cluster. In Soviet Russia, all your threads belong to our table altering overlords.
Why is it odd to pilot/test on a smaller scale (in the basement of a mansion) rather then impact the production environment (the city's waste water treatment facility)? Wouldn't a proof-of-concept seem reasonable when, as you say yourself, they don't appear to have worked out the details of transferring energy from one place to another?
If only there where a set of colors we could code the threats by, then even the "upper" manager could understand.
So true. This site is for NERDS, not geeks. News for Nerds, stuff that matters
But you have admit, Bush has exercised leverage within the party (and thus both the house and senate) as far as which laws reach the floor for a vote and head to his desk. Just because he doesn't write them, doesn't mean he doesn't influence the process a great deal.
I apologize for this posting.
Could it also be that it took them 30 years to find a practical application for their wave-to-energy ducks? The small scale prototype in a wave tank is pumping air rather then water? And in arid countries with good access to sea water (Australia and Israel are given as examples) aren't the countries that would need this type of technology. In third world areas where fresh water is an issue usually lack access to large bodies of water, so we're left talking about India - are they going to be willing to fill these ducks up with fresh water (FTA, its takes fresh water to make fresh water, heated to 100C).
The problem arises when the government steps in and says 'don't worry about the logs, we'll take care of it, please place this sniffer at your key relay points, we'll manage and parse the logs for you.... its for uh, National Security reasons'.
Evidence is a record, if you've ever been audited you'd know that they'll ask for 'evidence' that your IT controls (things such as user request processing, review of security logs, etc) to prove or disprove you are actually doing what you say you are doing. For such 'evidence' to be admissible in court, you have to show they were generated in the course of normal processing.
I too am not a lawyer, but I believe ISPs in the US have to keep logs for a minimum of 2 years, but that may vary per the state as well. The key bit here is, is the article is about Germany which has strict privacy laws. One example I was given is that you (nor the authorities) can monitor data transmissions and search warrants are strictly scrutinized and narrowed to a specific thing the search is after (I got what I do know from a friend who lives there, my german is too rusty to make heads or tails of the site I linked, although my friend says its a good resource if you can read german).
I would have been funny, if it wasn't utterly predictable.
My apologies, I used an unreliable source to quote, I will re-verify such C&P items in the future. I meant no discredit or disrespect to Mr. Gavin and a thoroughly enjoyable pieced he penned.
I admit to not being a student of the climate, but it seems that every publication that is released differs from the others other then saying that CFCs are the root cause and that we are warming. Would you mind answering a dumb question? From what I understand, ice ages are a naturally occurring phenomena, where are we in the ice age cycle? I tried to read the graphs on Wiki but the data is presented in thousands of years and I didn't see a 'you are here' arrow. Thank you.
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My fellow citizens, it is an honor and a pleasure to be here today. My opponent has openly admitted he feels an affinity toward your city, but I happen to like this area. It might be a salubrious place to him, but to me it is one of the nation's most delightful garden spots.
When I embarked upon this political campaign, I hoped that it could be conducted on a high level and that my opponent would be willing to stick to the issues. Unfortunately, he has decided to be tractable instead--to indulge in unequivocal language, to eschew the use of outright lies in his speeches, and even to make repeated veracious statements about me.
At first I tried to ignore these scrupulous, unvarnished fidelities. Now I will do so no longer. If my opponent wants a fight, he's going to get one!
It might be instructive to start with his background. My friends, have you ever accidentally dislodged a rock on the ground and seen what was underneath? Well, exploring my opponent's background is dissimilar. All the slime and filth and corruption you can possibly imagine, even in your wildest dreams, are glaringly nonexistent in this man's life. And even in his childhood!
Let us take a very quick look at that childhood: It is a known fact that, on a number of occasions, he emulated older boys at a certain playground. It is also known that his parents not only permitted him to masticate in their presence, but even urged him to do so. Most explicable of all, this man who poses as a paragon of virtue exacerbated his own sister when they were both teenagers!
I ask you, my fellow Americans: is this the kind of person we want in public office to set an example for our youth?
Of course, it's not surprising that he should have such a typically pristine background--no, not when you consider the other members of his family:
His female relatives put on a constant pose of purity and innocence, and claim they are inscrutable, yet every one of them has taken part in hortatory activities.
The men in the family are likewise completely amenable to moral suasion.
My opponent's uncle was a flagrant heterosexual.
His sister, who has always been obsessed by sects, once worked as a proselyte outside a church.
His father was secretly chagrined at least a dozen times by matters of a pecuniary nature.
His youngest brother wrote an essay extolling the virtues of being a homo sapien.
His great-aunt expired from a degenerative disease.
His nephew subscribes to a phonographic magazine.
His wife was a thespian before their marriage and even performed the act in front of paying customers.
And his own mother had to resign from a women's organization in her later years because she was an admitted sexagenarian.
Now what shall we say about the man himself?
I can tell you in solemn truth that he is the very antithesis of political radicalism, economic irresponsibility and personal depravity. His own record proves that he has frequently discountenanced treasonable, un-American philosophies and has perpetrated many overt acts as well.
He perambulated his infant on the street.
He practiced nepotism with his uncle and first cousin.
He attempted to interest a 13-year-old girl in philately.
He participated in a seance at a private residence where, among other odd goings-on, there was incense.
He has declared himself in favor of more homogeneity on college campuses.
He has advocated social intercourse in mixed company - and has taken part in such gatherings himself.
He has been deliberately averse to crime in our city streets.
He has urged our Protestant and Jewish citizens to develop more catholic tastes.
Last summer he committed a piscatorial act on a boat that was flying the U.S. flag.
Finally, at a time when we must be on our guard against all foreign isms, he has cooly announced his belief in altruism - and his fervent hope that some day this entire nation will be altruistic!
I beg you,
Why does the opposition have to be bought-off cranks? Can't also the ones you triumph be trying to justify grant-money, get published, etc? I'm not saying you are wrong, but it seems that in most cases where two opposing forces (and don't fool yourself, both are well funded) are at play, both tend to bend things to their advantage and otherwise try to discredit the opposition. Its sad things are this way, but this way they are.
Should I buy a new winter coat this year or not!
In your imagination was Bender standing when the BioBrick falls between his legs?
I don't want the world boiled down to single word marketing, but I think any candidate could look at survey of are you Pro-Life or Pro-Choice and be able to check a box. Are you for or against gun control? Are you for or against forgiving third-world debt? I realize not every issue can be boiled down to a single question, but there are certainly enough that would paint a picture of where a candidate stands on issues the voters do care about. Honestly, what percentage of political ads have you personally read/seen/heard that attacked their opponent rather then promote themselves?
About big oil keeping wealth right here in the US. There are 5 'major' oil companies - ExxonMobile, Chevron Texaco, BP, Royal Dutch Petroleum, and Total S.A. - only 2 are US companies so the wealth (especially considering the Saudi's royal families and other Arab sources which don't release earnings to the public) is not as centralized as you may believe.
Its not a mature idea, but a Voter Information Packet is something that is long overdue IMHO. An independent identical survey seems like it would work, of course it may also point out how often the candidates agree and further merge to two parties as they fight for mainstream/center votes. Damn I wish there was a Center Party that combined the conservative financial ideals with the liberal social conscience.