I hope you've got karma to burn because if ever there was a post qualifying as a troll, that was it. Did it ever cross your mind that the technology for generating 'some sort of air curtain' might be an interesting technology to try and develop? You never know, it could be a damn sight easier than terraforming a whole planet.
terraforming the whole planet? There's a great idea in Cowboy Bebop where cities built on Mars are sunk into craters and a great wall is built around them that generates some sort of air curtain that keeps an oxygen atmosphere inside so that people can walk around under open skies while most of the planet remains untouched.
You can set your watch by it. Every time a space-related item appears on/., there's at least one post from a "let's solve all the Earth's problems and create a utopia first" merchants.
In the words of Mohamud, 'the poor will always be with us.'
And training yourself to lick Bill Gates' ballix as you recite the mantra that Microsoft products are not only the best, but the only solution to all your problems.
No you can't. Florida was full of people who turned up to vote only to be told for the first time that they had been scrubbed. They were prevented from voting. Period.
There's no certification for being able to handle an akward system administrator who throws a hissy fit every time you misunderstand him but whom you still rely on to gt your job done. It's the people skills that count for a lot more in many ways. Any old eejit could learn how to fix as network. Not everyone can influence the powers that be to get it done when they're not motivated to do so.
His name is Palast. Greg Palast. He's an investigative reporter with the BBC and the Guardian newspaper in London.
Taking away felons' voting rights is one thing. Keeping it away after the sentance is up is quite another. Taking away people's voting rights because they have the same birthday or a similar name to the ex felon is quite another again. Taking away someone's right to vote on the basis that they committed a misdemeanor (like jaywalking or littering) as opposed to a felony in another state (which just happens to be Texas) is quite another again. You're not allowed to do this in Florida, but Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris' cronies did it anyway.
RTFA. Just because your so-called 'liberal media' didn't bother their heads reporting this coup d'etat doesn't mean to say that it's all baloney. This stuff is all common knowledge in Europe.
Does the right to free speech include a charismatic German chancellor's right to stand before a large crowd calling for the destuction of the Jews in Europe? Does it include Ian Paisley's right to stand in a street making a speech giving out the names of catholics living in a protestant area and asking the crowd what they're doing about it? (The catholics were subsequently burned out of their homes btw.) Does it include a Rwandan radio station's right to broadcast hatred and orders to kill all tutsis?
The Nazis gave us a warning from history about the potentially lethal power of the spoken word. one of the most technically advanced and civilised nations on Earth was whipped into a frenzy of mass hysteria by the power of words. The holocaust should never have happened, it should never be forgotten, and it must never happen again.
The right to free speech is not absolute, nor should it be. There are more pressing rights such as the right to life. Where one conflicts with the other, it is the right to life that must prevail.
It seems that it's open season on the French in here. Try saying anything about the US in a similar vein and you'll be modded into oblivion in no time, as I'm sure the fate of this post is about to demonstrate.
The rules on bike frame geometry are strict and have kept much faster frame designs out of the peloton, mainly in deference to tradition, AFAIK
At uni I did my final year project on bike frame design. Actually the diamond frame is pretty difficult to improve upon. Carbon monocoque is the only deviation I've seen from it but a lot of people have heard scare stories about them smashing to pieces in crashes, and I've heard others talking about it being too siff for their liking.
the price of all this equipment is always coming down. I remember when my mates and I were all using toeclips and we had to look on jealously at the pros using Look pedals, nowadays everybody has the Looks. It wasn't so long ago that a wrist/handlebar mounted heart monitor with a radio telemetry strap was out of range of mere mortals, now you can pick them up for less than $70 and with a boatload of functions.
Formula 1 is Grand Prix racing, similar to Indycars but I believe the speed is slightly slower, tracks are more varied than the ovals that you're used to, and it's the major motorsport that the rest of the world watches. There is also competition between various teams who construct the cars rather than all of them being built by one or two manufacturers as (I think) it is in Indycars. Most of the constructors are British-based with the obvious exception of Ferrari.
Interesting. I didn't know that ActionScript had derived from ECMAScript - I always thought it derived from JavaScript. And before you flame me, see my journal where I've already refuted anything you're about to say about Flash.
There's something about those models that make the ship look bigger and more real than the CGI stuff from TNG. It wasn't until Star Trek First Contact that I once again got the feel of a really big starship.
No, but I do think that if a majority in the state assembly or your local town hall want to raise taxes, then taxes should be raised. One third of the electorate should not have a veto over the rest. Furthermore, I don't think that municipalities should be forced into a position where they have to give preferential treatment to office developments over housing just to make ends meet. This state is crying out for affordable housing.
that they were selling the benefits to the customer of only having one bill. I can see it now. "We're splitting your bill in two to better meet your needs."
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I hope you've got karma to burn because if ever there was a post qualifying as a troll, that was it. Did it ever cross your mind that the technology for generating 'some sort of air curtain' might be an interesting technology to try and develop? You never know, it could be a damn sight easier than terraforming a whole planet.
Wouldn't meteors melt on the Martian atmosphere just like they do when falling to Earth?
terraforming the whole planet? There's a great idea in Cowboy Bebop where cities built on Mars are sunk into craters and a great wall is built around them that generates some sort of air curtain that keeps an oxygen atmosphere inside so that people can walk around under open skies while most of the planet remains untouched.
In the words of Mohamud, 'the poor will always be with us.'
And training yourself to lick Bill Gates' ballix as you recite the mantra that Microsoft products are not only the best, but the only solution to all your problems.
No you can't. Florida was full of people who turned up to vote only to be told for the first time that they had been scrubbed. They were prevented from voting. Period.
There's no certification for being able to handle an akward system administrator who throws a hissy fit every time you misunderstand him but whom you still rely on to gt your job done. It's the people skills that count for a lot more in many ways. Any old eejit could learn how to fix as network. Not everyone can influence the powers that be to get it done when they're not motivated to do so.
Taking away felons' voting rights is one thing. Keeping it away after the sentance is up is quite another. Taking away people's voting rights because they have the same birthday or a similar name to the ex felon is quite another again. Taking away someone's right to vote on the basis that they committed a misdemeanor (like jaywalking or littering) as opposed to a felony in another state (which just happens to be Texas) is quite another again. You're not allowed to do this in Florida, but Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris' cronies did it anyway.
RTFA. Just because your so-called 'liberal media' didn't bother their heads reporting this coup d'etat doesn't mean to say that it's all baloney. This stuff is all common knowledge in Europe.
Didn't click the link, did you?
The Nazis gave us a warning from history about the potentially lethal power of the spoken word. one of the most technically advanced and civilised nations on Earth was whipped into a frenzy of mass hysteria by the power of words. The holocaust should never have happened, it should never be forgotten, and it must never happen again.
The right to free speech is not absolute, nor should it be. There are more pressing rights such as the right to life. Where one conflicts with the other, it is the right to life that must prevail.
Ever heard of 'Free speech zones?' If anyone can't handle free speech, it's your president.
It seems that it's open season on the French in here. Try saying anything about the US in a similar vein and you'll be modded into oblivion in no time, as I'm sure the fate of this post is about to demonstrate.
the price of all this equipment is always coming down. I remember when my mates and I were all using toeclips and we had to look on jealously at the pros using Look pedals, nowadays everybody has the Looks. It wasn't so long ago that a wrist/handlebar mounted heart monitor with a radio telemetry strap was out of range of mere mortals, now you can pick them up for less than $70 and with a boatload of functions.
Formula 1 is Grand Prix racing, similar to Indycars but I believe the speed is slightly slower, tracks are more varied than the ovals that you're used to, and it's the major motorsport that the rest of the world watches. There is also competition between various teams who construct the cars rather than all of them being built by one or two manufacturers as (I think) it is in Indycars. Most of the constructors are British-based with the obvious exception of Ferrari.
I see that Lisp gets a mention there but AutoLisp doesn't. Does anyone know if AutoLisp counts as a programming language per se?
Interesting. I didn't know that ActionScript had derived from ECMAScript - I always thought it derived from JavaScript. And before you flame me, see my journal where I've already refuted anything you're about to say about Flash.
There's something about those models that make the ship look bigger and more real than the CGI stuff from TNG. It wasn't until Star Trek First Contact that I once again got the feel of a really big starship.
No, but I do think that if a majority in the state assembly or your local town hall want to raise taxes, then taxes should be raised. One third of the electorate should not have a veto over the rest. Furthermore, I don't think that municipalities should be forced into a position where they have to give preferential treatment to office developments over housing just to make ends meet. This state is crying out for affordable housing.
that they were selling the benefits to the customer of only having one bill. I can see it now. "We're splitting your bill in two to better meet your needs."
Manga, close relative of anime aka japanimation.