Do we want a completely desperate nuclear power? Will the people turn against the leadership, or will they vent their rage against foreigners leading to millions of deaths?
This is exactly what North Korea is trying to suggest , with all their sabre rattling. Somebody needs to say to them, "okay, I guess you should do what you think you need to do, but we're not giving you any more free food just because you might cause some shit if we don't. We have our own problems to deal with, thank you very much."
What is Kim Jong-Un, like 25 years old? I have underwear older than that. You have to expect a certain lack of foresight from a young, inexperienced ruler whose advisors are used to dealing with the world in a paranoid fashion. The poor kid probably hasn't ever really lived in a society where he actually has to interact with people in a normal social dynamic like we are used to doing, so it's no wonder his perception of how to get along with other nations is all bent up. I pity him that lack of human connection.
I think, all the slapstick stuff with Han Solo (which was great stuff, BTW) aside, the Star Wars universe has a sense of gravity and realism that the Star Trek universe has always lacked. I think this has a lot to do with the differences between the cinema and television media, and the associated differences between the two cultures. Abrams is definitely a television person, and there will always be that "campy" element to his work (inside jokes, flashy camera effects, etc), regardless of how entertaining it might be to watch. His take on Star Trek was a lot of fun, and visually, it was really great, but you never forget that you are in a theatre, watching a movie. Star Wars, on the other hand, (at least the original ones) transported me into their world in a way that few films have done for me since then. There is a term: "willing suspension of disbelief", which applies here. I have that for Abrams' Star Trek, but I didn't need it for Star Wars or Empire; it was almost unconscious there. I got a similar feeling of that gravity with Dark Horse's original "Tales of the Jedi" series, but things that work in one medium don't always translate to another medium. I guess what I'm saying is that atmosphere is a hard thing to get right, and I don't think Abrams is going to be able to capture it properly. I'm sure it'll be entertaining, but it won't have the depth we all want it to have.
Very subtle, sir. You make a keen observation on the insular nature of our society, but I think your point will go unnoticed by most of the people you are targeting, which is a shame.
Yeah, that must be it. I just have one question - if the female connector has 4 pins on both sides and the male connector has 4 pins on one side and a big honking metal shell on the other, then how do you avoid shorting out those 4 pins in the female connector with the shell of the male connector?
Huh? I think he means the female connector will have 4 sockets on both sides, what with it being a female connector, and all. Then it doesn't matter which way you plug in the male connector, since the for pins on the male connector will always go into one of the two duplicate sets of four sockets on the female connector.
At least 100 customers, assuming he had at least one customer two years ago. Geez, he could have just said "100 times the customers in two years," and it would have sounded impressive and straightforward.
I dunno, Einstein's theory seems to be pretty useful for explaining and predicting a lot of things we experience. It explains everything Newton does, plus some things tat Newton can not. What things does Popper predict accurately that Einstein does not? In what ways is his theory simpler and more elegant than Special and General Relativity?
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I don't remember ever having to pay a fee to my ISP to download a song from iTunes. Maybe my ISP paid a fee to SOCAN to let me download my song, but it wasn't visible to me. I also doubt that my ISP bill is going to be smaller next month, because of this ruling.
I read Dune when I was 14. Four hundred pages of "Dune" and 600 pages of "The Oxford English Dictionary". Great book, and I learned a lot of stuff while trying to wrap my head around it, but it's the opposite of "light reading".
Monica Hughes is what got me hooked on scifi, when I was about 10 or so. "Crisis on Conshelf Ten" and "Earthdark" were my first taste, and are still on my shelf somewhere. I devoured all her other stuff that was in the school library pretty quick after Conshelf. Easy to read, but there are some levels to it, that you start to notice as you get older. I don't know if her stuff is still in print though. FWIW.
Got any links to Wikipedia proper? Or do we consider sister sites under the Wikimedia Foundation all together for this discussion? (I read the summary as referencing only Wikipedia).
That's what Venezuela claims. In reality, the government prefers a citizenry armed with sticks and rocks when the inevitable revolt comes to pass.
"Hugo Chavez's government states that the goal is to eventually disarm the citizenry."
Well, that was refreshingly honest of them. I was expecting something about having to protect the children from the capitalist dogs, or the dogs from the armed children, or something like that. Rock that iron fist, Hugo! (And to the Venezuelan People, Good Luck in your revolution, now that you know, unequivocally, where you stand).
So, this is the end of multi boot menus that include Windows 8, I guess?
I envision a box with two separate physical boot devices: one with a Windows 8 signed bootloader, and one with a bootloader that lets me choose another OS to boot. The second one may or may not be signed with the Windows 8 key. In any case, Red Hat's won't be able to chainload Windows 8, because only the first stage will be signed with the Windows 8 key.
hmmm... if the quality of the prose was lower then, and Tolkien's prose hasn't changed in 50 years, wouldn't that imply that it's the standards that are lower now than they were then?
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Do we want a completely desperate nuclear power? Will the people turn against the leadership, or will they vent their rage against foreigners leading to millions of deaths?
This is exactly what North Korea is trying to suggest , with all their sabre rattling. Somebody needs to say to them, "okay, I guess you should do what you think you need to do, but we're not giving you any more free food just because you might cause some shit if we don't. We have our own problems to deal with, thank you very much."
What is Kim Jong-Un, like 25 years old? I have underwear older than that. You have to expect a certain lack of foresight from a young, inexperienced ruler whose advisors are used to dealing with the world in a paranoid fashion. The poor kid probably hasn't ever really lived in a society where he actually has to interact with people in a normal social dynamic like we are used to doing, so it's no wonder his perception of how to get along with other nations is all bent up. I pity him that lack of human connection.
I think, all the slapstick stuff with Han Solo (which was great stuff, BTW) aside, the Star Wars universe has a sense of gravity and realism that the Star Trek universe has always lacked. I think this has a lot to do with the differences between the cinema and television media, and the associated differences between the two cultures. Abrams is definitely a television person, and there will always be that "campy" element to his work (inside jokes, flashy camera effects, etc), regardless of how entertaining it might be to watch. His take on Star Trek was a lot of fun, and visually, it was really great, but you never forget that you are in a theatre, watching a movie. Star Wars, on the other hand, (at least the original ones) transported me into their world in a way that few films have done for me since then. There is a term: "willing suspension of disbelief", which applies here. I have that for Abrams' Star Trek, but I didn't need it for Star Wars or Empire; it was almost unconscious there. I got a similar feeling of that gravity with Dark Horse's original "Tales of the Jedi" series, but things that work in one medium don't always translate to another medium. I guess what I'm saying is that atmosphere is a hard thing to get right, and I don't think Abrams is going to be able to capture it properly. I'm sure it'll be entertaining, but it won't have the depth we all want it to have.
Very subtle, sir. You make a keen observation on the insular nature of our society, but I think your point will go unnoticed by most of the people you are targeting, which is a shame.
Yeah, that must be it. I just have one question - if the female connector has 4 pins on both sides and the male connector has 4 pins on one side and a big honking metal shell on the other, then how do you avoid shorting out those 4 pins in the female connector with the shell of the male connector?
Huh? I think he means the female connector will have 4 sockets on both sides, what with it being a female connector, and all. Then it doesn't matter which way you plug in the male connector, since the for pins on the male connector will always go into one of the two duplicate sets of four sockets on the female connector.
At least 100 customers, assuming he had at least one customer two years ago. Geez, he could have just said "100 times the customers in two years," and it would have sounded impressive and straightforward.
It's about time that the full weight of the TSA's medical expertise was thrown behind this issue.
Larry Flint was a douche bag, in his day. Where would your internet be today if he had lost his case?
You won't be making millions from the people who go to your competitors because your demo doesn't work.
Now, now!
Truly badass players don't die anyway.
I dunno, Einstein's theory seems to be pretty useful for explaining and predicting a lot of things we experience. It explains everything Newton does, plus some things tat Newton can not. What things does Popper predict accurately that Einstein does not? In what ways is his theory simpler and more elegant than Special and General Relativity?
This isn't an externality.
I disagree. FTA:
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s/Branson/Rutan/
Yeah, it must really suck to be Richard Branson, always having really cool Ideas and then going out and making them happen. I wish I was that nuts.
I don't remember ever having to pay a fee to my ISP to download a song from iTunes. Maybe my ISP paid a fee to SOCAN to let me download my song, but it wasn't visible to me. I also doubt that my ISP bill is going to be smaller next month, because of this ruling.
Amen. I read a quote somewhere, that said (paraphrasing) making money is a side effect of a good business, not the goal.
1/17th the radius of the Earth, actually.
Silly rabbit! Dinosaurs can't talk.
I read Dune when I was 14. Four hundred pages of "Dune" and 600 pages of "The Oxford English Dictionary". Great book, and I learned a lot of stuff while trying to wrap my head around it, but it's the opposite of "light reading".
Monica Hughes is what got me hooked on scifi, when I was about 10 or so. "Crisis on Conshelf Ten" and "Earthdark" were my first taste, and are still on my shelf somewhere. I devoured all her other stuff that was in the school library pretty quick after Conshelf. Easy to read, but there are some levels to it, that you start to notice as you get older. I don't know if her stuff is still in print though. FWIW.
Got any links to Wikipedia proper? Or do we consider sister sites under the Wikimedia Foundation all together for this discussion? (I read the summary as referencing only Wikipedia).
That's what Venezuela claims. In reality, the government prefers a citizenry armed with sticks and rocks when the inevitable revolt comes to pass.
"Hugo Chavez's government states that the goal is to eventually disarm the citizenry."
Well, that was refreshingly honest of them. I was expecting something about having to protect the children from the capitalist dogs, or the dogs from the armed children, or something like that. Rock that iron fist, Hugo! (And to the Venezuelan People, Good Luck in your revolution, now that you know, unequivocally, where you stand).
So, this is the end of multi boot menus that include Windows 8, I guess?
I envision a box with two separate physical boot devices: one with a Windows 8 signed bootloader, and one with a bootloader that lets me choose another OS to boot. The second one may or may not be signed with the Windows 8 key. In any case, Red Hat's won't be able to chainload Windows 8, because only the first stage will be signed with the Windows 8 key.
Did I miss anything?
hmmm... if the quality of the prose was lower then, and Tolkien's prose hasn't changed in 50 years, wouldn't that imply that it's the standards that are lower now than they were then?