I don't think such an unabashedly cynical view is warranted. Newspapers are sort of a special case among businesses in that it really isn't possible to have a functional democracy without independent, near-universally-accessible news. In fact, schools of thought exist that a modern nation-state of any kind is impossible without the common narrative of news to hold the population together (cf. Benedict Anderson).
This gets discussed to death in every conversation about the death of the newspaper and what we'll find to replace it.
Both are related, but distinct fishing terms. To trawl is to drag a net behind a large fishing vessel, to troll is to cruise slowly with a hook and line in the water.
The RIAA filesharing lawsuits are an example of a litigation trawl.
I imagine the reaction would be a lot like "that first part sounds just like the terms of my current car lease, and the '$1.50/gallon gas for three years' deal on new cars sounds a lot like the second part."
the open seas are exposed to sunlight 12 hours a day and they're not completely filled with algae. What's the limit on production there? You don't say, and it's not immediately obvious.
Zooplankton and other critters in the food web. Ever notice how "Algal Bloom" and "Dead zone in the ocean" are used interchangeably?
Try pointing your web browser at the printer's IP. The web interface on my Brother AIO has tons of fairly advanced networking configuration options, and I'm pretty sure Postscript was included.
You don't know what you're talking about. I've heard the Concorde taking off from my in-laws' house in Rockaway Beach, a couple of miles from JFK, and it sounds like the world is ending.
The real wisdom they had was in recognizing that if you have two sides debating over something that are unwilling to give in on an issue, then you need to work out some sort of compromise between the two.
Some of those compromises didn't look so wise in the late 1860's. The trouble with compromises is that sometimes the stress of maintaining them is too great for civil society, and maintaining them is more unworkable than finding decisively in one side's favor.
Sure, the "fill out this questionnaire and bring it to your doctor to talk" ads/websites are somewhat responsible. The cute girl and a puppy with a voiceover rattling off a litany of horrible side effects TV ads are not.
You're falling for the false premise that marketing directly to consumers is a responsible way to market prescription drugs. In a perfect world, doctors would receive independently-produced information about the pros and cons of various new drugs, and then discuss possible courses of treatment with their patients. Even the old system of hiring recent grads to give doctors steak dinners, free pens, and the occasional blowjob is a lot cheaper than buying superbowl ads and puts an allegedly responsible party in the position of gatekeeper of information.
Well, we have SOSUS (although it appears form the wikipedia article that's it's been scaled back dramatically), but subs (or at least missile-capable ones) are pretty much restricted to state actors, while a UAV/cruise missile launched from a surface ship is at least somewhat plausible as being within reach of a well-funded terrorist group.
Considering that fighter jets scrambled on 9/11 didn't even get the message to go to New York, and ended up in their standard exercise area over the ocean, I think it's safe to say we don't have AWACS coverage, or really any meaningful air defenses where they would be useful in that scenario.
Think 'open hood,' 'attach doohickey,' 'wait 30 sec. while it flashes the new firmware,' 'remove doohickey'. Bonus points if you can compromise the motor pool's code reader while the VIP limo is nowhere nearby, and the trustworthy mechanic is the one inadvertently doing the flashing during routine scheduled maintenance.
A high current, high voltage fault 15 miles offshore with no humans around, unless they happen to be doing maintenance at the time (in which case teh turbine will be stopped). He's not calling it safe, he's calling it safer.
Their brains likely organize it as one task. Just like driving involves moving your hands, feet, head and eyes in pursuit of both short-term and long-term goals.
I have a copy of PS6 I got from Amazon Marketplace and keep it concurrently installed with CSwhatever. If I don't need the brush effects, Vanishing Point, layer groups, match color, or Extract for what I'm doing, it blows current versions out of the water on startup time and responsiveness.
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This gets discussed to death in every conversation about the death of the newspaper and what we'll find to replace it.
Both are related, but distinct fishing terms. To trawl is to drag a net behind a large fishing vessel, to troll is to cruise slowly with a hook and line in the water. The RIAA filesharing lawsuits are an example of a litigation trawl.
I imagine the reaction would be a lot like "that first part sounds just like the terms of my current car lease, and the '$1.50/gallon gas for three years' deal on new cars sounds a lot like the second part."
Explain Turkey.
Wait... you mean there's a actually a mad scientist named Tryggvason?
Zooplankton and other critters in the food web. Ever notice how "Algal Bloom" and "Dead zone in the ocean" are used interchangeably?
Try pointing your web browser at the printer's IP. The web interface on my Brother AIO has tons of fairly advanced networking configuration options, and I'm pretty sure Postscript was included.
You don't know what you're talking about. I've heard the Concorde taking off from my in-laws' house in Rockaway Beach, a couple of miles from JFK, and it sounds like the world is ending.
Some of those compromises didn't look so wise in the late 1860's. The trouble with compromises is that sometimes the stress of maintaining them is too great for civil society, and maintaining them is more unworkable than finding decisively in one side's favor.
Sure, the "fill out this questionnaire and bring it to your doctor to talk" ads/websites are somewhat responsible. The cute girl and a puppy with a voiceover rattling off a litany of horrible side effects TV ads are not.
You're falling for the false premise that marketing directly to consumers is a responsible way to market prescription drugs. In a perfect world, doctors would receive independently-produced information about the pros and cons of various new drugs, and then discuss possible courses of treatment with their patients. Even the old system of hiring recent grads to give doctors steak dinners, free pens, and the occasional blowjob is a lot cheaper than buying superbowl ads and puts an allegedly responsible party in the position of gatekeeper of information.
Well, we have SOSUS (although it appears form the wikipedia article that's it's been scaled back dramatically), but subs (or at least missile-capable ones) are pretty much restricted to state actors, while a UAV/cruise missile launched from a surface ship is at least somewhat plausible as being within reach of a well-funded terrorist group.
Considering that fighter jets scrambled on 9/11 didn't even get the message to go to New York, and ended up in their standard exercise area over the ocean, I think it's safe to say we don't have AWACS coverage, or really any meaningful air defenses where they would be useful in that scenario.
Think 'open hood,' 'attach doohickey,' 'wait 30 sec. while it flashes the new firmware,' 'remove doohickey'. Bonus points if you can compromise the motor pool's code reader while the VIP limo is nowhere nearby, and the trustworthy mechanic is the one inadvertently doing the flashing during routine scheduled maintenance.
A high current, high voltage fault 15 miles offshore with no humans around, unless they happen to be doing maintenance at the time (in which case teh turbine will be stopped). He's not calling it safe, he's calling it safer.
That was awfully nice of them... maybe soon they'll stop developing for everything else, too.
By that criterion a novel isn't art when it's on a bookshelf, nor a painting when it's in storage, nor a film when it's sitting in a can.
I take it you've never taken I-95 from DC to Boston.
Their brains likely organize it as one task. Just like driving involves moving your hands, feet, head and eyes in pursuit of both short-term and long-term goals.
And let LBJ in as a self-made man, too, while you're at it.
I have a copy of PS6 I got from Amazon Marketplace and keep it concurrently installed with CSwhatever. If I don't need the brush effects, Vanishing Point, layer groups, match color, or Extract for what I'm doing, it blows current versions out of the water on startup time and responsiveness.
Being creative and original paid pretty fucking well for the developers of the first Guitar Hero.
That Psychnet article has the best lead-in I've ever seen in a peer-reviewed publication. It's too bad it's behind a paywall.
That's true, but starting with the Melissa virus, it's here to stay.
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx