Uh. God forbid that he should actually recognize that he represents the interests of the people.
Politician 'stays the course'- He is either accused for not seeing the blinding truth in front of him or he is applauded for the integrity and conviction of his beliefs.
Politician 'changes his mind'- He is either accused of 'waffling' and possessing no integrity or he is applauded for being intelligent and flexible enough to see the truth and be representative of the peoples' views.
On either extreme a man is either a tyrant or a mouthpiece for mob rule.
In the middle one is a true stateman who balances his own beliefs with the view of the people.
Personally, I'd rather go with the guy who can change his mind when everyone is showing the facts to him directly in the face.
Anytime you get people to donate money, in some way they own you. TANSTAAFL. Questions is, who do you want this guy to be owned by? The people? Or so many special interests and businesses like it's been for the past couple decades if not longer.
Also don't give me the argument that special interests are just representing groups of people. These things have a life of their own.
I dunno. The Bible's pretty sketchy about what kind of fruits etc. Adam and Eve could have been eating Twinkie fruits or roots of Chocolate frosted sugar bombs!
Heck, it was paradise. Coulda been eating jerky.
God: Huuuhhhh! Thou shalt SNAPINTOASLIMJIM!
Eve: Th' Hell? What's a slim jim?
Adam: You heard our creator. Snap to it!
Eve: No thanks, but someone somewhere told me these apples are good. Here. Try one.
The problem is that there is no hinderance of survival due to that gene because someone is always around to protect you. Look at all of the "OMG think of the children" crap. Toy recalls irritate me more than anything. Many of my generate played with lawndarts and survived, some didn't survive, that is natural selection.
In the lawndarts case this is true, but not all recalls are bad. It's the unknown stuff in toys that makes me "OMG think of the children." Like not knowing that your kid's toy have lead or other unknown damaging substances. Regardless of how much you try, your infant or toddler is going to try and stick something in its mouth and chew on it. If it's something obvious like "Bag of Glass" or toys way out of the age range then it's the parent who needs to be smart and not get the toy or have it in an accessible area.
What really pisses me off is old timers bitching how it was in the old days and how you kids have it so easy in terms of safety and health. Look, if you don't want people watching out for you and thinking of the children I hope you don't mind when I laugh when you stroke out or die from a heart attack. Or if you have kids (which I doubt) maybe you won't mind giving them a pass on immunizations. 'Cause hey! The strong will evolve around polio, measles, the mumps, or menigitis. The stupid kids will die out. I bet you also believe that beating kids is good for discipline because you were beaten as a kid and turned out OK.
Just because it was done in the past doesn't mean we shouldn't try to improve.
I think you have some other extreme safety considerations in mind and toy recalls were a bad example. It's when we coddle our children to the point of sheltering them from the outside world. I'm not going to wrap my son in bubble wrap and plastic. Gene or no gene he will eventually learn that the stove is hot, knives are sharp and watch your hands when closing a door.
Next is the big pipe dream. With your webcam you can get Webtouch, the force feedback apparatus, that allows a doctor or nurse to physically 'contact' you. Doc wears gloves on the other end that control the apparatus and allow for detection of pressure, heat and maybe even surface texture.
The best thing aside from being there.
Of course the pr0n applications for this would be through the roof.
P. S. to prep for this, all you medical folk better play your videogames. I don't want my spleen accidentally ripped out during a routing colonoscopy!
Instead of shit canning this, how could we fix it.
OK. It's not a hologram. It's not really multi touch, but as an interface it has potential.
A mouse is good. Why? It's usable with minimal effort. Fix the sensitivity so you don't need to gesticulate wildly like a bonobo to effect something. A flick of the wrist or finger instead of waving the whole arm.
Another good things about this interface is potential portability. Yes, the screen needs to be transported, but you don't need to carry around a mouse or keyboard. These could and should be holographically projected at a level comfortable for the user. So we basically have the CPU box and projector to tote around if we go wireless on the network and have an available hotspot or local cel tower.
I could imagine something like this at a construction site. On site in the office trailer, there's the architect, building formen, supervisors all seeing the same plans with the ability to zoom in on any part of the blueprints either as a scanned document or CAD drawing. Pencil in changes by hand for approval later.
Or how about an emergency site with similar applications. Places where you need the services, but have minimal space and equipment.
At the consumer level this still isn't practical. It's still a rich kid's toy if all you can do is flutter around spinning photos.
Although wasn't electricity a novelty way back when?
OK. I know that Vista is one of Microsoft's bigger excrement loads, but I wonder if we aren't collectively shooting ourselves in the foot.
We had this problem when XP first arrived. It was buggy. It had no driver support. Things crashed horribly under it. Give us Win2K! People finally started using XP and the demand for problem resolution lit a fire under Microsoft's ass to fix things or lose market share.
Now the stakes are higher. When I mention Linux or even Ubuntu to people they know what it is. Linux still scares my supervisor and Department boss to death, but they know that its an option. Mac OS X is enough of a growing presence at my workplace I got a Macbook to provide user support.
At least I want to know if Vista denial is a conscious choice to kill Microsoft dominance, or fear and uncertainty on the users part with a little stubborness?
One way or another XP is going away. What do you want to fill the empty OS space? If we are still waiting along the XP river bank there are already people in the Vista river. Best get in the river together lest we are all swept away by the current. Personally, I'd like to be with the Linux and Mac OS crowd that built a boat.
Remember that a G rating does not mean "Good for kids" it means "General Audiences". What this means parents is that not only do you have to check a rating out but you also have to look at the subject matter of the film. Most people will be happy to rest on the observed fact that if a Movie is intended for adults they will through in some sex and language inappropriate for children. Do yourself a favor and use the power of the internet or even a news paper to read a review before taking children to a movie. I can't personally smack your kids when they get bored and loud in a movie. In fact unless its a Disney movie showing before 5pm don't bring your kids. Put the movie on your blockbuster or netflixs queue and leave me in peace.
Amen to that. It's idiotic to bring kids to a theater when you know that their attention span is minimal (nay MTVish) at best. I'm practicing what I preach. My son's around 16 months. He can sit still for small periods of time, but that does NOT mean I'm taking him to see a theater movie yet. We'll wait for iTunes etc. to see Wall*E.
Parents- Take your kids to the museum, the park, the zoo, or even the countryside. Let 'em discover movies later or at home.
It would be nice if they had access to the Internet, but what are the chances there is going to be a Gov Firewall like the Great Internet Firewall of China. Of course, China's doesn't work too well, but there still would be some severe holds for a Cuban connection.
Everyone I talk to who has emigrated from Cuba likens the environment to living in a pressure cooker. Can't get out. Can't do anything about the problem. Those people obviously did, but at great personal and physical cost.
Galileo: I watch and plot God's heavens which he hath given me skill to do and contemplate. Realizing its true design.
Constable: Heretic! Cease these blasphemies before I tazeth thou!
Galileo: Do thou not tazeth me brother!
*ZAP* *ZAP* *ZAP*
OK. Back on topic.
It's all a swing of the pendulum. Or being asleep at the wheel.
After the Cold War we were so damn confident about being the mighty hegemonic eagle over the whole world, we didn't see the mouse sneaking in to screw up the nest.
The US was complacent . Slow. Over confident. I've worked enough government jobs at the local, state and Federal level to get a feel for this.
Now we are overcompensating. The jihadi boogyman is not around the corner or in our malls. And like everyone said. They are not going to hijack a plane without getting ripped to shreads. Or at least they should if we pay attention. Healthy awareness is good. Rabid jumping at shadows and directing all our energy in one basket is bad. This whole wrist strap thing is obviously bad. Do we as citizens do anything about it? No. Why? Many reasons. And we all know them. If we were truly pissed. Everyone would vote. Everyone would be pissed enough to mail and call their Senators and Representatives and bitch at them constantly to "encourage" the President to remove people who honestly suggest such things.
We need to move back to the center. The threat is still out there, but it's not everywhere. You need to be persistent in the areas that are not secure and leave the rest alone. Federal agencies still need to communicate. Under DHS they still don't.
And Finally.
Flight 93 was NOT shot down!
I'll eat my issued black government tie if it was.
(with ketchup)
The only caveat to Pittsburgh is KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING!
I shout this because Pittsburgh is the wonderful land of bridges and hills.
To the outsider most downtown Pittsburgh traffic is concrete death trap full of one way streets that lead exactly in the wrong direction of your destination. Or street cattle shunt you to a bridge that crosses one of the 3 wonderful rivers. If you get lost in Pittsburgh, stay alert, enjoy the view and don't get discouraged by waiting in traffic.
If you can get around with public transport then go for it. Being a sharp and intelligent individual, I'm sure you already have a detailed block-by-block map of Pittsburgh itself. Extra points if you have it already on a smartphone or PDA.
Otherwise, it's a great place with great food.
I'd also say "Go Steelers!", but they finally got the 'one for the thumb'.
[Male's Significant Other stares at him in disgust] [Neural Link switches switches to Dr. Phil] [Male's Ex-Significant Other walks in and yells] [Neural Link switches to Jerry Springer. Convulsing Epileptics start chanting Jerry! Jerry!]
I gotta tell the boss!
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There will always be underperforming, overpaid CEOs but these people won't stay CEO for long.
[OK mods, I going to go waaaaay of topic, but I hope it's some relevance to this thread. Mod accordingly if you must.]
All the pro-CEO talk. I'm not convinced.
If it's a small or mid sizes business I could see the CEO getting reasonable albeit lopsided compensation. It's incredibly difficult running a small business with razor thin profit margins and fighting to stay in a niche market. You really are making decisions that determine whether the business lives or dies and if the people you hire really stay employed. The CEOs I knew personally in this area were more populists than straight business men which I salute and respect. They agonized not for the losses they would suffer, but for everyone else. Very rare altruism. The business success rate for those was 50/50, but at the end of the day they could sleep better at night.
The gargantuan businesses. The Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies. The CXO [CEO,CTO,CIO,CFO] crowd can screw up miserably and pull the rip cord on their parachute almost like any politico retiring for "family reasons".
If I were a less understanding person I would say we revolt against these people AND their board of directors not unlike a political coup. In a twisted sense of democracy, have the employees of these companies vote on the fate of their CXOs. The real people would be spared a fate that should justly be served to the sociopaths that currently run a majority of our business.
Compare it to the days of the past. I prime example I give is Milton S. Hershey of Hershey choclate fame. A shrewd business man who cared for his workers. When presented with the idea that he could buy machines that would do the work of 5 men. Loosely paraphrased he said, "Remove the machine and hire 5 more workers." Of course this was also during the American Great depression.
Flash forward to now. The old factory lies almost dormant. A new automated factory opened a few years ago and now a portion of production is also moving to Mexico.
That's odd. 3/4 of my troop were jocks. The geeks and real scouts were in the minority. Made it very difficult during election time for troop offices. (SPL, ASPL, Quatermaster etc.) Of course, I'm in the over 30 crowd, so I don't know how that has changed.
What hasn't changed is the BSA's attitude towards gays and atheists.
Scouting is a private organization which has oaths and laws that are pretty direct. It's an organization that tries to show reverence to God and country.
Being an atheist is pretty much the antithesis to having reverence to God or another deity. (I know in my corner of the US, scouting implied a reverence toward the Judeo-Christan God)
About being gay, I don't think Scouting considers gays to be incompetent for a job, but it doesn't fit the message they are trying to instill in young boys. My personal beliefs aside, Scouting still considers being gay as not being reverent to God.
I think that attitude may change as most Scout troops are connected with the local churches. The hardcore Christian churches and Jewish synagogues might not.
This post I'm sure will never see the light of day. This news story is too old for anyone to see it. I'll post it anyway.
This statement made by an Anonymous Coward:
"In some ways... Yes. Sometimes personal belief has to fall to populism, sometimes not. That's the job of the politician, when to wager that the populace hasn't gotten the bigger picture on an issue."
This is one of the most succinct and accurate statements I've seen on slashdot for awhile. At what point are you a true representative of the peoples' voice and when are you an advocate looking out for their best interest? Answer this question without anyone hating you or you destroying government, I'll vote for you and buy you a hat.
I would suggest having a research facility to do all those experiments that require a vacuum in a low-g environment. Heck. Tether just enough to the surface and do zero-g experiments. Just need to transmit the data results back to earth.
The are other options for the moon:
1. Setup a waypoint station for astronauts when NASA finally gets around to sending manned missions to planets beyond the moon.
2. Harvest what is available out of the lunar soil
3. Speak with forked tongue while making treaties with the original inhabitants of the moon.
4. Set up tours to see if Clark was right and find that damn monolith!
Honestly it would be easier if no one owned the moon.
Didn't a certain Arab population lay claim to the moon a couple centuries ago during the Ottoman Empire?
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You lose oxygen for that bag of meat you stinky humans call a body.
So stay out of the water. I like having power.
[Whu? Plug my ear piece back in. Why?]
Small user problem. Be Right Back.
Or it could have been Bashar Miles Teg.
In other news. *YAWN* A security fault is detected. Film at 11.
Move along. Nothing to see here.
Uh. God forbid that he should actually recognize that he represents the interests of the people.
Politician 'stays the course'-
He is either accused for not seeing the blinding truth in front of him or
he is applauded for the integrity and conviction of his beliefs.
Politician 'changes his mind'-
He is either accused of 'waffling' and possessing no integrity or
he is applauded for being intelligent and flexible enough to see the truth and be representative of the peoples' views.
On either extreme a man is either a tyrant or a mouthpiece for mob rule.
In the middle one is a true stateman who balances his own beliefs with the view of the people.
Personally, I'd rather go with the guy who can change his mind when everyone is
showing the facts to him directly in the face.
Anytime you get people to donate money, in some way they own you. TANSTAAFL. Questions is, who do you want
this guy to be owned by? The people? Or so many special interests and businesses like it's been for the
past couple decades if not longer.
Also don't give me the argument that special interests are just representing groups of people. These things have a life of their own.
I dunno. The Bible's pretty sketchy about what kind of fruits etc.
Adam and Eve could have been eating Twinkie fruits or roots of Chocolate frosted sugar bombs!
Heck, it was paradise. Coulda been eating jerky.
God: Huuuhhhh! Thou shalt SNAPINTOASLIMJIM!
Eve: Th' Hell? What's a slim jim?
Adam: You heard our creator. Snap to it!
Eve: No thanks, but someone somewhere told me these apples are good. Here. Try one.
db32 said
Mr. Verteiron, I'm sorry, but Agent John and I are going to need you to step into the car.
Move along people! Nothing to see here! Move along!
You! You with the camera! I'll take that.
Next is the big pipe dream. With your webcam you can get Webtouch, the force feedback apparatus,
that allows a doctor or nurse to physically 'contact' you. Doc wears gloves on the other end that control the apparatus and allow for detection of pressure, heat and maybe even surface texture.
The best thing aside from being there.
Of course the pr0n applications for this would be through the roof.
P. S. to prep for this, all you medical folk better play your videogames. I don't want my spleen accidentally ripped out
during a routing colonoscopy!
Instead of shit canning this, how could we fix it.
OK. It's not a hologram. It's not really multi touch, but as an interface it has potential.
A mouse is good. Why? It's usable with minimal effort. Fix the sensitivity so you don't need
to gesticulate wildly like a bonobo to effect something. A flick of the wrist or finger instead of waving the
whole arm.
Another good things about this interface is potential portability. Yes, the screen needs to be transported, but
you don't need to carry around a mouse or keyboard. These could and should be holographically projected at a level
comfortable for the user. So we basically have the CPU box and projector to tote around if we go wireless on the network
and have an available hotspot or local cel tower.
I could imagine something like this at a construction site. On site in the office trailer,
there's the architect, building formen, supervisors all seeing the same plans with the ability to zoom in on any part of the
blueprints either as a scanned document or CAD drawing. Pencil in changes by hand for approval later.
Or how about an emergency site with similar applications. Places where you need the services, but have minimal space and equipment.
At the consumer level this still isn't practical. It's still a rich kid's toy if all you can do is flutter around spinning photos.
Although wasn't electricity a novelty way back when?
Hell called. They are going to create another circle just to store you after typing and posting that despicable piece of shite.
Naw, we go down that route we eventually end up with Snakes on a Space Plane!
Peace out, copper tops!
OK. I know that Vista is one of Microsoft's bigger excrement loads, but I wonder if we aren't collectively shooting ourselves in the foot.
We had this problem when XP first arrived. It was buggy. It had no driver support. Things crashed horribly under it. Give us Win2K!
People finally started using XP and the demand for problem resolution lit a fire under Microsoft's ass to fix things or lose market share.
Now the stakes are higher. When I mention Linux or even Ubuntu to people they know what it is. Linux still scares my supervisor and Department boss to death, but
they know that its an option. Mac OS X is enough of a growing presence at my workplace I got a Macbook to provide user support.
At least I want to know if Vista denial is a conscious choice to kill Microsoft dominance, or fear and uncertainty on the users part with a little stubborness?
One way or another XP is going away. What do you want to fill the empty OS space? If we are still waiting along the XP river bank there are already people in the Vista river.
Best get in the river together lest we are all swept away by the current. Personally, I'd like to be with the Linux and Mac OS crowd that built a boat.
lapagecp says
Amen to that. It's idiotic to bring kids to a theater when you know that their attention span is minimal (nay MTVish) at best.
I'm practicing what I preach. My son's around 16 months. He can sit still for small periods of time, but that does NOT mean I'm taking him
to see a theater movie yet. We'll wait for iTunes etc. to see Wall*E.
Parents- Take your kids to the museum, the park, the zoo, or even the countryside. Let 'em discover movies later or at home.
I gotta say. Whoop-dee frickin' do!
It would be nice if they had access to the Internet, but
what are the chances there is going to be a Gov Firewall like the
Great Internet Firewall of China. Of course, China's doesn't work too well,
but there still would be some severe holds for a Cuban connection.
Everyone I talk to who has emigrated from Cuba likens the environment to living
in a pressure cooker. Can't get out. Can't do anything about the problem.
Those people obviously did, but at great personal and physical cost.
if there is a God i bet he dont like karma whores either :D
God IS a karma whore, you ignorant clod!
OK. OK. I always wanted to do this.
In Soviet Russia, God karma whores you!
Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your waitresses. Great bunch a gals. Say "Hi" Gina!
On topic note:
Although the article never mentioned the cause of death. .heart failure?
Could he have died from . .
Imagine in Galileo's time.
Constable: What ist thou doing?
Galileo: I watch and plot God's heavens which he hath given me skill to do and contemplate. Realizing its true design.
Constable: Heretic! Cease these blasphemies before I tazeth thou!
Galileo: Do thou not tazeth me brother!
*ZAP* *ZAP* *ZAP*
OK. Back on topic.
It's all a swing of the pendulum. Or being asleep at the wheel.
After the Cold War we were so damn confident about being the mighty hegemonic eagle over the whole world, we didn't see the mouse sneaking in to screw up the nest.
The US was complacent . Slow. Over confident. I've worked enough government jobs at the local, state and Federal level to get a feel for this.
Now we are overcompensating. The jihadi boogyman is not around the corner or in our malls. And like everyone said. They are not going to hijack a plane without getting ripped to shreads. Or at least they should if we pay attention. Healthy awareness is good. Rabid jumping at shadows and directing all our energy in one basket is bad. This whole wrist strap thing is obviously bad. Do we as citizens do anything about it? No. Why? Many reasons. And we all know them. If we were truly pissed. Everyone would vote. Everyone would be pissed enough to mail and call their Senators and Representatives and bitch at them constantly to "encourage" the President to remove people who honestly suggest such things.
We need to move back to the center. The threat is still out there, but it's not everywhere. You need to be persistent in the areas that are not secure and leave the rest alone. Federal agencies still need to communicate. Under DHS they still don't.
And Finally.
Flight 93 was NOT shot down!
I'll eat my issued black government tie if it was. (with ketchup)
The only caveat to Pittsburgh is KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING!
I shout this because Pittsburgh is the wonderful land of bridges and hills.
To the outsider most downtown Pittsburgh traffic is concrete death trap full of one way streets that lead exactly in the wrong direction of your destination.
Or street cattle shunt you to a bridge that crosses one of the 3 wonderful rivers. If you get lost in Pittsburgh, stay alert, enjoy the view and don't get discouraged by waiting in traffic.
If you can get around with public transport then go for it.
Being a sharp and intelligent individual, I'm sure you already have a detailed block-by-block map of Pittsburgh itself.
Extra points if you have it already on a smartphone or PDA.
Otherwise, it's a great place with great food.
I'd also say "Go Steelers!", but they finally got the 'one for the thumb'.
Hey! I like that idea.
But you forgot the punchline
[Male's Significant Other stares at him in disgust]
[Neural Link switches switches to Dr. Phil]
[Male's Ex-Significant Other walks in and yells]
[Neural Link switches to Jerry Springer. Convulsing Epileptics start chanting Jerry! Jerry!]
I gotta tell the boss!
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!!! How did he know?!!!
There will always be underperforming, overpaid CEOs but these people won't stay CEO for long.
[OK mods, I going to go waaaaay of topic, but I hope it's some relevance to this thread. Mod accordingly if you must.]
All the pro-CEO talk. I'm not convinced.
If it's a small or mid sizes business I could see the CEO getting reasonable albeit lopsided compensation.
It's incredibly difficult running a small business with razor thin profit margins and fighting to stay in a niche market.
You really are making decisions that determine whether the business lives or dies and if the people
you hire really stay employed. The CEOs I knew personally in this area were more populists than straight
business men which I salute and respect. They agonized not for the losses they would suffer, but
for everyone else. Very rare altruism. The business success rate for those was 50/50, but at the end of the day
they could sleep better at night.
The gargantuan businesses. The Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies. The CXO [CEO,CTO,CIO,CFO] crowd can screw up miserably
and pull the rip cord on their parachute almost like any politico retiring for "family reasons".
If I were a less understanding person I would say we revolt against these people AND their board of directors
not unlike a political coup. In a twisted sense of democracy, have the employees of these companies vote on
the fate of their CXOs. The real people would be spared a fate that should justly be served to the sociopaths
that currently run a majority of our business.
Compare it to the days of the past. I prime example I give is Milton S. Hershey of Hershey choclate fame.
A shrewd business man who cared for his workers. When presented with the idea that he could buy machines
that would do the work of 5 men. Loosely paraphrased he said, "Remove the machine and hire 5 more workers."
Of course this was also during the American Great depression.
Flash forward to now. The old factory lies almost dormant. A new automated factory opened a few years ago
and now a portion of production is also moving to Mexico.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/hersheys.asp
Guys like Milton S. Hershey are not only rolling over in their graves, their spinning around so fast I could
use them as a wood lathe.
That's odd. 3/4 of my troop were jocks. The geeks and real scouts were in the minority.
Made it very difficult during election time for troop offices. (SPL, ASPL, Quatermaster etc.)
Of course, I'm in the over 30 crowd, so I don't know how that has changed.
What hasn't changed is the BSA's attitude towards gays and atheists.
Scouting is a private organization which has oaths and laws that are pretty direct.
It's an organization that tries to show reverence to God and country.
Being an atheist is pretty much the antithesis to having reverence to God or another deity.
(I know in my corner of the US, scouting implied a reverence toward the Judeo-Christan God)
About being gay, I don't think Scouting considers gays to be incompetent for a job, but
it doesn't fit the message they are trying to instill in young boys.
My personal beliefs aside, Scouting still considers being gay as not being reverent to God.
I think that attitude may change as most Scout troops are connected with the local churches.
The hardcore Christian churches and Jewish synagogues might not.
This post I'm sure will never see the light of day. This news story is too old for anyone to see it.
I'll post it anyway.
This statement made by an Anonymous Coward:
"In some ways... Yes. Sometimes personal belief has to fall to populism, sometimes not. That's the job of the politician, when to wager that the populace hasn't gotten the bigger picture on an issue."
This is one of the most succinct and accurate statements I've seen on slashdot for awhile. At what point are you a true representative of the peoples' voice and when are you an advocate looking out for their best interest? Answer this question without anyone hating you or you destroying government, I'll vote for you and buy you a hat.
Quad has a more interesting take on it.
I would suggest having a research facility to do all those experiments that require a vacuum in a low-g environment.
Heck. Tether just enough to the surface and do zero-g experiments. Just need to transmit the data results back to earth.
The are other options for the moon:
1. Setup a waypoint station for astronauts when NASA finally gets around to sending manned missions to planets beyond the moon.
2. Harvest what is available out of the lunar soil
3. Speak with forked tongue while making treaties with the original inhabitants of the moon.
4. Set up tours to see if Clark was right and find that damn monolith!
Honestly it would be easier if no one owned the moon.
Didn't a certain Arab population lay claim to the moon a couple centuries ago during the Ottoman Empire?
Close! But Black Lung is a little different from silicosis.
Though the result is much the same.
I too would like to express my ire at the actor Keanu Reeves.
or at least one of his alter-egos.
Damn! You beat me to it.
I was going to say. "id software is just hiring and they'll still beat Duke Nukem' Forever!"
There I said it. Yes, I did just go there.
Emperor Al Gore: I have ridden the mighty moon worm!
Fry: Good for him!
Naw. They're just little makers. They're cute until you pop 'em in water.
Then it gets nasty.