Or it could exacerbate the problem of worthless search results that all end up at junk web pages that are 80% advertising when it pageranks all the links that are sent to us in spam.
Concealed carry requires a license. In any case, it's not impossible for a mugger to get shot by his intended victim, and this scares a lot of people off from mugging in the first place. And they don't necessarily take the gun, they don't always know you have it.
"Land area". Excluding bodies of water.
That said, you could easily house everyone in apartment complexes and leave plenty of room for roads, parks, schools, public installations, etc. Remember, everyone can fit inside Texas IN MANSIONS. It's there for purposes of illustration, whether or not it's feasible to actually pull it off.
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Mod parent up. No Arab country recognizes Israel, and when Israel's representative speaks, the Syrian representative usually starts shouting in protest of the UN's recognition of the "Zionist entity". Another example of why international politics shouldn't be involved in the running of the Internet: During the Vietnam War, it took a few *years* for peace talks to begin because of stalled negotiations about the shape of the table the delegates would sit at.
Easy for you to say. As a bisexual atheist pro-life anarchist-leaning libertarian, my political beliefs go against the grain of nearly everyone I talk to. But you know what? I'm not hiding those beliefs. If I was going to contribute to someone, I wouldn't worry about hiding it. I'm proud of my beliefs and I'm willing to state them publicly and fight for them, because I care about them.
Democracy happens when ideas are shared and argued. If you don't want to participate in that, that's fine with me. But I agree with the grandparent. If you have opinions that you keep secret, that has the same effect as not having the opinions in the first place. Namely, none.* I just don't see how you could care about your opinion without somehow expressing it.
*Yes, you have a single vote, but that's infinitesimal. Every two or four years, you get to choose between (A) and (B), but your choice has zero effect unless by some feat of probability it's a perfect tie without you.
...that is a novel (and arguably appealling) tact for Apple to take, it certainly would not be true to their typical behavior (at least not while Steve Jobs is at the helm). Apple likes the 'go it alone' route, regardless of any benefits to other routes.
And it's really better that way. Apple is the king of the integrated solution. That's Apple's business model. Sure, they've licensed FireWire, but that's because FireWire is incredibly versatile, and needs widespread developer acceptance to work at all. FireWire isn't an integrated solution the same way Apple's music strategy is. Why did Apple license the iPod to HP? Because it maintained the integrated solution--HP put iTunes on their machines and iTunes connects to the iTunes Music Store.
Halo was developed by Bungie, which was bought out by Microsoft to justify the Xbox's existence. Were it not for Microsoft, we'd have Halo on the Mac and it would be 4 years old.
While generally I don't support using US laws against foreign countries, I have no problem with going after a country for harboring someone who murdered 3,000 people by demolishing office buildings in Manhattan. The US reacts to copyright violations, I would assume, differently than to mass murder.
Of course the US has invasion plans of the Netherlands. The US has comprehensive invasion and defensive plans for every part of the world under various scenarios. We probably even have plans for defending and counterattacking from a joint invasion by Canada and Mexico. Doesn't mean we plan to actually use them, but the US has contingency plans for everything. Yes, the US will try to free people taken prisoner for trial by the ICC, but that doesn't mean they have to bomb the Netherlands. At the most, it would be a jailbreak carried out by special ops forces, remarkably similar to a hostage rescue. More likely, it'll be an effort to free US POW's taken by the enemy (which every country already does) regardless of whether or not those POW's are headed to the ICC or not.
Most people in civilized societies eat agriculturally cultivated meat, fish, dairy, and vegetable products. The animals that we get the meat, fish, and dairy products from are agriculturally cultivated. Right now, the food supply you and I eat from is cultivated entirely by humans for human purposes.
Yes, nature, untouched by human hands, is big and complex, and nature, touched by human hands, is simpler in many respects. However, the part of nature untouched by human hands has very little effect on us, since we don't eat anything it produces (commercial fishing, pre-hatcheries, was an exception, as is hunting, but quasi-natural hunting grounds with good, thriving game populations can and are artificially maintained as well). As far as I can tell, it produces oxygen for us to breathe, and takes in the carbon dioxide we exhale. That's it. Well, green plants (especially trees) are the parts of nature that do that, and we have no problem keeping the tree count up.
One argument you can make is genetic diversity. In that case, it would be in our interests to maintain a wide gene pool to naturally evolve. Then again, I don't see how that couldn't be done with managed preserves that are studied by geologists and that have the genetic strains best suited to our needs sampled and cultivated.
Either way, I'm pro-human. If you can show me the steps that can be taken that are good for humans, I'm for it. But the value of nature should be defined as its value to humans, unless you are willing to concede that trees and snakes are somehow more important than we are.
Uh, mod me as a troll, but what value to us is that wildlife? We seem to have done pretty well without it. It's not like we need those ecosystems, given the fact that we've been practicing agriculture for 6000 years, and are so good at it that were it not for price supports we'd have prime produce on sale for pennies.
Mercedes-Benz already has that type of system. It's called "Keyless Go". It's a little card you keep on you that automatically unlocks your door and starts your car with the touch of a button (or just grasping the handle). You have to be within 3 feet of the car for it to work, so having it stolen is just as bad as...having your car keys stolen.
No loss of privacy either. I guess other people can pick up the unique ID code from your "Keyless Go" transponder, but you could just keep the transponder in your tinfoil hat to prevent that.
The mind's just like the body. It gets stronger when you exercise it. Doing math, learning new things, studying philosophy, whatever you want. If you don't code, learn to code. If you do code, learn more languages. Anything like that gets you marketable skills and exercises your mind at the same time is good too.
Don't neglect the body though. Eat healthy and exercise your body, as boring as it may seem, and your overall health will be good. A healthy body means a strong mind.
Also, remember to get enough sleep. We're all idiots when we're tired enough.
Actually, the real recipe for Coca-Cola includes both kola nuts and coca leaves. The cocaine is extracted from the coca leaves prior to formulation, and the Coca-Cola Company holds the only US license to import coca.
If you make your own Coca-Cola at home, expect the DEA at your door any minute.
That's a good idea. Unfortunately, we can't even write to the producers of Enterprise and make a minor plotline suggestion. Why? The writers' unions prevent it, and unless you're a member of the union (are you?), I doubt we'll see your episode anytime soon.
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Wow. Not only have I seen insightful posts modded "Funny", I have finally seen a funny post modded "Insightful"
Or it could exacerbate the problem of worthless search results that all end up at junk web pages that are 80% advertising when it pageranks all the links that are sent to us in spam.
Being a Mac user with a 2 button plus scroll wheel mouse, I do the exact same thing.
Ladies, don't keep your guns in your purse.
Concealed carry requires a license. In any case, it's not impossible for a mugger to get shot by his intended victim, and this scares a lot of people off from mugging in the first place. And they don't necessarily take the gun, they don't always know you have it.
"Land area". Excluding bodies of water. That said, you could easily house everyone in apartment complexes and leave plenty of room for roads, parks, schools, public installations, etc. Remember, everyone can fit inside Texas IN MANSIONS. It's there for purposes of illustration, whether or not it's feasible to actually pull it off.
Mod parent up. No Arab country recognizes Israel, and when Israel's representative speaks, the Syrian representative usually starts shouting in protest of the UN's recognition of the "Zionist entity". Another example of why international politics shouldn't be involved in the running of the Internet: During the Vietnam War, it took a few *years* for peace talks to begin because of stalled negotiations about the shape of the table the delegates would sit at.
Easy for you to say. As a bisexual atheist pro-life anarchist-leaning libertarian, my political beliefs go against the grain of nearly everyone I talk to. But you know what? I'm not hiding those beliefs. If I was going to contribute to someone, I wouldn't worry about hiding it. I'm proud of my beliefs and I'm willing to state them publicly and fight for them, because I care about them. Democracy happens when ideas are shared and argued. If you don't want to participate in that, that's fine with me. But I agree with the grandparent. If you have opinions that you keep secret, that has the same effect as not having the opinions in the first place. Namely, none.* I just don't see how you could care about your opinion without somehow expressing it. *Yes, you have a single vote, but that's infinitesimal. Every two or four years, you get to choose between (A) and (B), but your choice has zero effect unless by some feat of probability it's a perfect tie without you.
And it's really better that way. Apple is the king of the integrated solution. That's Apple's business model. Sure, they've licensed FireWire, but that's because FireWire is incredibly versatile, and needs widespread developer acceptance to work at all. FireWire isn't an integrated solution the same way Apple's music strategy is. Why did Apple license the iPod to HP? Because it maintained the integrated solution--HP put iTunes on their machines and iTunes connects to the iTunes Music Store.
Halo was developed by Bungie, which was bought out by Microsoft to justify the Xbox's existence. Were it not for Microsoft, we'd have Halo on the Mac and it would be 4 years old.
Never mind all these war crimes and world courts and terrorism. How about the EU anti-trust case against Microsoft?
So the US to refused to agree to UN laws that violate our own constitution, whereas the UN has been caught blatantly violating the firearms laws of the United States within US territory.
While generally I don't support using US laws against foreign countries, I have no problem with going after a country for harboring someone who murdered 3,000 people by demolishing office buildings in Manhattan. The US reacts to copyright violations, I would assume, differently than to mass murder.
You mean, Bush is a horrible example of a statesman, but a *terrific* example of a politician.
Of course the US has invasion plans of the Netherlands. The US has comprehensive invasion and defensive plans for every part of the world under various scenarios. We probably even have plans for defending and counterattacking from a joint invasion by Canada and Mexico. Doesn't mean we plan to actually use them, but the US has contingency plans for everything. Yes, the US will try to free people taken prisoner for trial by the ICC, but that doesn't mean they have to bomb the Netherlands. At the most, it would be a jailbreak carried out by special ops forces, remarkably similar to a hostage rescue. More likely, it'll be an effort to free US POW's taken by the enemy (which every country already does) regardless of whether or not those POW's are headed to the ICC or not.
Most people in civilized societies eat agriculturally cultivated meat, fish, dairy, and vegetable products. The animals that we get the meat, fish, and dairy products from are agriculturally cultivated. Right now, the food supply you and I eat from is cultivated entirely by humans for human purposes. Yes, nature, untouched by human hands, is big and complex, and nature, touched by human hands, is simpler in many respects. However, the part of nature untouched by human hands has very little effect on us, since we don't eat anything it produces (commercial fishing, pre-hatcheries, was an exception, as is hunting, but quasi-natural hunting grounds with good, thriving game populations can and are artificially maintained as well). As far as I can tell, it produces oxygen for us to breathe, and takes in the carbon dioxide we exhale. That's it. Well, green plants (especially trees) are the parts of nature that do that, and we have no problem keeping the tree count up. One argument you can make is genetic diversity. In that case, it would be in our interests to maintain a wide gene pool to naturally evolve. Then again, I don't see how that couldn't be done with managed preserves that are studied by geologists and that have the genetic strains best suited to our needs sampled and cultivated. Either way, I'm pro-human. If you can show me the steps that can be taken that are good for humans, I'm for it. But the value of nature should be defined as its value to humans, unless you are willing to concede that trees and snakes are somehow more important than we are.
Uh, mod me as a troll, but what value to us is that wildlife? We seem to have done pretty well without it. It's not like we need those ecosystems, given the fact that we've been practicing agriculture for 6000 years, and are so good at it that were it not for price supports we'd have prime produce on sale for pennies.
Well, that seems like a fertile family line. Must have been the penis pills.
Mercedes-Benz already has that type of system. It's called "Keyless Go". It's a little card you keep on you that automatically unlocks your door and starts your car with the touch of a button (or just grasping the handle). You have to be within 3 feet of the car for it to work, so having it stolen is just as bad as...having your car keys stolen. No loss of privacy either. I guess other people can pick up the unique ID code from your "Keyless Go" transponder, but you could just keep the transponder in your tinfoil hat to prevent that.
Also available is a $2,999 DUal 2 GHz cluster node, which can run Xgrid, so you too can feel like Virginia Tech.
DARPA in the 1960's wasn't pushing things called "Total Information Awareness". They are now. That's the difference.
The military is, but DARPA is, among other things, the birthplace of Total Information Awareness. I wouldn't trust DARPA.
The mind's just like the body. It gets stronger when you exercise it. Doing math, learning new things, studying philosophy, whatever you want. If you don't code, learn to code. If you do code, learn more languages. Anything like that gets you marketable skills and exercises your mind at the same time is good too. Don't neglect the body though. Eat healthy and exercise your body, as boring as it may seem, and your overall health will be good. A healthy body means a strong mind. Also, remember to get enough sleep. We're all idiots when we're tired enough.
Actually, the real recipe for Coca-Cola includes both kola nuts and coca leaves. The cocaine is extracted from the coca leaves prior to formulation, and the Coca-Cola Company holds the only US license to import coca.
If you make your own Coca-Cola at home, expect the DEA at your door any minute.
That's a good idea. Unfortunately, we can't even write to the producers of Enterprise and make a minor plotline suggestion. Why? The writers' unions prevent it, and unless you're a member of the union (are you?), I doubt we'll see your episode anytime soon.