The problem with SRBs is they're dangerous. Once lit there's no way to shut them off until they burn out, so they complicate (or preclude) launch abort systems.
The party out of power tends to rail against things that the party in power is doing. You'd think, therefor, that when they party out of power becomes the party in power they would make some changes. But you'd be wrong.
Remember USA PATRIOT? When the Democrats were swept into power you'd have thought, based on their campaign rhetoric, they would make substantive changes. Maybe even repeal it outright. And then... they extended it, with even more powers.
It's almost like... and stay with me here... it's almost like both parties want essentially the same thing, which is a more powerful central government, and they allow members to vote against that more powerful government when those votes aren't going to matter. So your 51-49 senate vote really represents, say, a 90-10 vote with 39 senators voting "nay" because that's what their constituents want. But willing to flip if the measure has a chance of failing.
Carcinogens dissolve into your saliva and mucus when you smoke. So you have an substantially increased risk of cancer throughout your entire digestive tract.
Tyler: [while creating RoboCop] We were able to save the left arm.
Bob Morton: What? I thought we agreed on total body prosthesis, now lose the arm okay!
Tyler: Jesus, Morton!
[snaps his finger at RoboCop]
Bob Morton: Can he understand what I'm saying?
Roosevelt: Doesn't matter, we're gonna blank his memory anyway.
Bob Morton: I think we should lose the arm, what do you think Johnson?
Johnson: Well he signed a release form when he joined the force. He's legally dead. We can do pretty much what we want to him.
Bob Morton: Lose the arm.
From my experience with a career in academia, I would say that the expectations of society have not increased, resulting in a more educated populace, but that the requirements for obtaining a bachelor's degree have eased.
I think that's a big driver, and it's not just teachers. A family member works for city government in California. You have to have a bachelor's degree to get past a certain level in administration. It can be a degree in anything, totally unrelated to the job. As you advance, advanced degrees weigh very heavily in promotional considerations. Again, they don't care what the subject is - an MS in Urdu is worth more than a BS in civil engineering when they're hiring for the top job in the Streets and Sewers department. So people are racking up degrees in subjects they don't care about from institutions created to service that need. It's all a huge waste of time and money.
That's the way it works for me. Having been burned a few times on the $50 titles I'd rather take that same money and buy a whole bunch of cheaper games in the hope one or two will be genuinely entertaining. The problem is I don't stop at $50.
...I wish these people would start screaming at the media companies to get some sort of reasonable pricing and access to streaming media.
Screaming at media companies is unlikely to be very productive. But if people drop streaming or Netflix altogether the company can go back to the studios and say "Look, your product just isn't worth what you're trying to charge." Personally, I don't see it happening. I know people who pay $150+ for premium cable channels, and then PPV on top of that. Unless there's a competing service that's charging less Netflix won't lose very many customers.
I'm guessing it was easier to write the software. There are hordes of people out there who know how to do interface and data programming on the iPhone, so the only expertise they'd have to develop is programming the custom hardware.
That was my first though as I read it with eyes rolling. This submission isn't designed to inform anyone or discuss the very real problems. It's just another article that invites the hive to begin congratulating each other on how science-y we all are.
I'm no Paulian, but you have to admit fractional reserve currency is largely imaginary to start with. What fascinates me is we were ever able to build a civilization on it.
You're making some unwarranted assumptions here. I understand how anonymous works. It's just that people will let personal details slip. Group members will know things about each other no matter how strict the rules are. There are means and methods the government will want to know.
And you're crazy.if you think these people will escape with a charge or two over child porn thumbnails. If they really don't have anything to trade the government will make examples out of them. Prosecutors love to take a crime that brings 3-5 and charge you with 100 counts.
You can never be truly anonymous, especially not from governments. The FBI hacks into relay sites and distributes targeted viruses, things that would land you or I in jail. If you're using the right encryption they may not be able to figure out what you're saying, but you can't hide.
Maybe so, but just like low-level drug gang soldiers, these people are going to be very, very helpful as they contemplate long prison sentences. Eventually the trail will lead to the people who matter. Most people don't realize it, but financial and computer crimes carry pretty hefty penalties. Some of these people are thinking "Oh, hacking ${evil_corporation_or_government_organization} sounds like fun. Even if I get caught, they'll probably give me probation." Yeah... probation after you finish your 20 year sentence. If you were going to risk this kind of time you would have been better off robbing a bank.
How many of these "breakthroughs" are going to have to happen before I can actually buy something. It's like a breakthrough and not a breakthrough at the same time.
So just because Google lost on the copyright issue, it gets to use it's considerable market power to punish the winners by not including any search results?
Well, yes, in fact. Google is a private company. It doesn't have any obligation to index another company's web site, even in the absence of a court order.
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More like they wonder why we took a forty year detour down a blind alley.
The problem with SRBs is they're dangerous. Once lit there's no way to shut them off until they burn out, so they complicate (or preclude) launch abort systems.
"Easily"? I wouldn't go that far, though I do agree with the general thrust of your comment.
Also, I wonder why the hell we built a space station if we're not going to use it for EOR.
The party out of power tends to rail against things that the party in power is doing. You'd think, therefor, that when they party out of power becomes the party in power they would make some changes. But you'd be wrong.
Remember USA PATRIOT? When the Democrats were swept into power you'd have thought, based on their campaign rhetoric, they would make substantive changes. Maybe even repeal it outright. And then... they extended it, with even more powers.
It's almost like... and stay with me here... it's almost like both parties want essentially the same thing, which is a more powerful central government, and they allow members to vote against that more powerful government when those votes aren't going to matter. So your 51-49 senate vote really represents, say, a 90-10 vote with 39 senators voting "nay" because that's what their constituents want. But willing to flip if the measure has a chance of failing.
Carcinogens dissolve into your saliva and mucus when you smoke. So you have an substantially increased risk of cancer throughout your entire digestive tract.
Tyler: [while creating RoboCop] We were able to save the left arm.
Bob Morton: What? I thought we agreed on total body prosthesis, now lose the arm okay!
Tyler: Jesus, Morton!
[snaps his finger at RoboCop]
Bob Morton: Can he understand what I'm saying?
Roosevelt: Doesn't matter, we're gonna blank his memory anyway.
Bob Morton: I think we should lose the arm, what do you think Johnson?
Johnson: Well he signed a release form when he joined the force. He's legally dead. We can do pretty much what we want to him.
Bob Morton: Lose the arm.
Sure, as soon as they come out with artificial versions of lips, throat, esophagus, stomach, intestines, and colon. Oh, and arteries.
More educated or more credentialed?
I think that's a big driver, and it's not just teachers. A family member works for city government in California. You have to have a bachelor's degree to get past a certain level in administration. It can be a degree in anything, totally unrelated to the job. As you advance, advanced degrees weigh very heavily in promotional considerations. Again, they don't care what the subject is - an MS in Urdu is worth more than a BS in civil engineering when they're hiring for the top job in the Streets and Sewers department. So people are racking up degrees in subjects they don't care about from institutions created to service that need. It's all a huge waste of time and money.
That's the way it works for me. Having been burned a few times on the $50 titles I'd rather take that same money and buy a whole bunch of cheaper games in the hope one or two will be genuinely entertaining. The problem is I don't stop at $50.
For some values of "long time". Supposedly SpaceX is going to have the Dragon ready in 2014. Same crew capacity as the shuttle.
Screaming at media companies is unlikely to be very productive. But if people drop streaming or Netflix altogether the company can go back to the studios and say "Look, your product just isn't worth what you're trying to charge." Personally, I don't see it happening. I know people who pay $150+ for premium cable channels, and then PPV on top of that. Unless there's a competing service that's charging less Netflix won't lose very many customers.
I'm guessing it was easier to write the software. There are hordes of people out there who know how to do interface and data programming on the iPhone, so the only expertise they'd have to develop is programming the custom hardware.
Why would you assume a warrant is necessary? There's no constitutional right to not be photographed.
It's not ridiculous at all. You can only be anonymous if nobody with resources cares.
That was my first though as I read it with eyes rolling. This submission isn't designed to inform anyone or discuss the very real problems. It's just another article that invites the hive to begin congratulating each other on how science-y we all are.
I'm no Paulian, but you have to admit fractional reserve currency is largely imaginary to start with. What fascinates me is we were ever able to build a civilization on it.
You're making some unwarranted assumptions here. I understand how anonymous works. It's just that people will let personal details slip. Group members will know things about each other no matter how strict the rules are. There are means and methods the government will want to know.
And you're crazy.if you think these people will escape with a charge or two over child porn thumbnails. If they really don't have anything to trade the government will make examples out of them. Prosecutors love to take a crime that brings 3-5 and charge you with 100 counts.
You can never be truly anonymous, especially not from governments. The FBI hacks into relay sites and distributes targeted viruses, things that would land you or I in jail. If you're using the right encryption they may not be able to figure out what you're saying, but you can't hide.
Maybe so, but just like low-level drug gang soldiers, these people are going to be very, very helpful as they contemplate long prison sentences. Eventually the trail will lead to the people who matter. Most people don't realize it, but financial and computer crimes carry pretty hefty penalties. Some of these people are thinking "Oh, hacking ${evil_corporation_or_government_organization} sounds like fun. Even if I get caught, they'll probably give me probation." Yeah... probation after you finish your 20 year sentence. If you were going to risk this kind of time you would have been better off robbing a bank.
How many of these "breakthroughs" are going to have to happen before I can actually buy something. It's like a breakthrough and not a breakthrough at the same time.
You will be surfing porn an /. at the same time. And, probably, eating both chocolate and strawberry pop tarts.
Yes. This is pretty much as close as you can come to removing yourself from the web.
Well, yes, in fact. Google is a private company. It doesn't have any obligation to index another company's web site, even in the absence of a court order.
This is simply wrong. People who spend their time thinking about these issues don't believe this at all. That's why we have nukes.