At one time they were talking of legalizing it not just decriminalizing it. I remember because a few years ago I watched an interview on either c-span or pbs and the advocate of legalization was someone high up in the government. That's why it stuck in my mind. Sorry I cannot remember the specifics.
And didn't Canada rule that it is legal for Canadians to decrypt digital satellite signals from companies such as Dish which don't sell in Canada? That would be another benefit for anyone thinking of immigrating.
Instead of the Yahoo model of cluttering up the main page so much that is unusable
Or the microsoft model of pre-loading it as the default on 99% of all new computers and causing unending irritations for a user if she has the nerve to install a competing program.
At least you have a UNIX/Linux Certificate program nearby. Our local community college sends out flyers with the classes listed and the only computer classes they have are things like Intro to Windows, Keyboarding, Using Excel, MS Word Intermediate, etc. blah blah. I wanted to take some programming classes for things like C and Java but unless I quit my job and go to a real university full time I'll never find challenging coursework. So even though my employer will pay for the classes 100% I can't find anything to take.
Their long-term plan is to design robots made from hundreds or thousands of identical basic modules.
These could repair themselves if parts fail, reconfigure themselves to better perform the task they have been set, or even to make extra helpers.
Until one of them decides to attach all the modules to itself and become the uberbot.
If they are autonomous then why would they disassemble themselves to give up their bodies to another? If they are all centrally controlled then this is not as remarkable as the author implies since it is then just a case of having lots of interchangeable parts available. And I suspect that a specialized robot would be much more efficient at any particular task. OTOH being able to rejigger a robot which is bogged down on the surface of mars so it could climb out of a crater would be pretty useful.
At a Microsoft press conference today, aging software tycoon William Gates III touted his company's new "Accessible Code" policy whereby developers may examine the uncompiled routines which make up the Windows operating system and modify it to suit their needs provided they publicly release their changes under the same MSAC license.
Gates also outlined several points which he says gives Microsoft an advantage over "Open Source Software" such as the ubiquitous Linux operating system and the Apache web server which runs more than 92% of all internet sites. Among these points were: advisories addressing publicly reported security vulnerablities within one business day, free usage of Microsoft software by anyone (the Microsoft patented Pay-only-for-support model), and remarkable stability since there is no pressure from Marketing to release an unready version just to realize a revenue stream.
'These policies combine synergistically to leverage Microsoft over Open Sores Software', said Gates. 'The American system of patents and copyright clearly works. It gives people the freedom to choose. Because of this, almost half of all computer owners choose Microsoft Windows to be their desktop operating system. And the American jobs it creates may be yours. Recently after hiring 58,000 Bangledeshi software engineers, we created over 100 new jobs for Americans to proofread those engineer's milestone reports.'
'And if it weren't for our trusted copyright system, the Walt Disney Corporation would have had to lay off many of the foreigners they import from third world countries to sell snow-cones and wear that suit that makes them look like a certain mouse character whose name I'm not currently licensed to say in public, Gates continued nervously, 'but you know the one I'm talking about.'
Investors reacted positively to the news as Microsoft shares rose fifty cents breaking the five dollar barrier which had kept Microsft in danger of being delisted from the NASDAQ as a penny stock. Only a 3 for 1 reverse split had kept it listed since the company was warned last September. The former billionairre left the building in a hail of applause stopping briefly only to ask the time since his MS WinWatch had blue-screened and to ask several bystanders for a ride to the bus station.
Id software really needs to do something different this time. Their old recipe is getting boring. I would like to see Quake 4 in a more festive environment like maybe a circus with lots of clowns and bright colors everywhere. Instead of shooting weapons that explode monsters, maybe the first person character could walk around and give flowers to people. Or casually listen in on the conversations of strangers in the crowd until they can tell when one of them is going to go to Hell like a Catholic or a Jehovah's witness. Then you could score points by proselytizing them to evangelical christianity and saving as many of their souls as you can before the game ends with the Rapture! But look out for those evil mooslims in the crowd or they may blow you up before you finish God's work. Family fun for everyone!
Exactly! The editor used the word share when Microsoft isn't sharing anything at all.
Cast a suspicious eye when Microsoft is licensing software patents that should never have gotten issued to former employees. Then in lieu of payments they are accepting royalties on products that may never make any money or taking an interest in the company? Shifty stuff there. It looks to me like they are trying to create a 'body of evidence' for a future court battle over patents.
I think the 200 Mile Economic Zone was intended to settle fishing disputes but I can imagine the politicians using it as the basis for taxing this venture. Another question I have is whether the country that the ship is registered in has the rights already to tax commerce that takes place on the ship. Are cruise lines not liable for taxes? Is there no Sales tax on a cruise booked on-line? Obviously there would be no Use tax.
Nope. Both the verses that were quoted refer to the heavens as being stretched out like a canopy, not the earth.
Like this. See? He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. The ancients believed the Earth was flat and it was obvious to them that they were at the center of the disc since the sky looked the same in all directions.
Yes it does say the earth is a circle (like a jar lid). After all since the sun revolves around the earth it is the center of the universe so of course the land where the israelites lived was also at the center of the flat earth. And of course if you sailed too close to the edge then you would fall off. The seas had to empty somewhere or else the rains and the rivers would surely flood the earth. See how smart the ancients were? They had it all figured out.
at the rate technology is going right now, we'll probably have something capable of blowing the thing into gravel by 2035. Or at least something that we can knock it out of the way with.
Or failing that, guide it gently into Bagdad. Or Texas. Either one. Or better yet, break it into two parts and guide it into both.
Skeptic: "Sir, do you really think that George W. Busch singlehandedly got a bunch of CIA agents together and told them to create a national crisis that would make the American people 'call for help', allowing for the creation of a national secret police founded and staffed by Busch henchmen while simultaneously sending the price of gasoline through the roof and making his fatcat oil friends even wealthier?"
Response: "I don't know, YOU TELL ME!"
Democratic followup: "Dubya isn't smart enough to do that. Just look at him for God's sake!"
Republican followup: "Yes, he is."
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A submarine that looks like a Great White Shark?
Why does this
sound so familiar
to me?
I guess it's true that great minds think alike.
You know who really deserves the thanks for this. Yep, its you. All you guys who signed up for all kinds of spam and dubious web based offers using every possible permutation of bill, william, gates, msn, hotmail, and microsoft.com. I heard that he had to hire a staff full time to sift through tens of thousands of emails to try to pick out the actual business communications. And then out of sheer desperation he signed up for an AOL account.
The cost-effectiveness of pelletized grass as a fuel results from:
* efficient use of low cost marginal farmland for solar energy collection * minimal fossil fuel input use in field production and energy conversion * minimal biomass quality upgrading which limits energy loss from the feedstock * efficient combustion in advanced yet modestly priced and simple to use devices * replacement of expensive high-grade energyforms in space and water heating
Growing hay as fuel also means not needing to use herbicides and pesticides which slowly build up in the soil. It could also have an effect on beef prices if this affected the price and availability of feed.
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I would've thought that "Push Button, Accomplish Mission" was best.
At one time they were talking of legalizing it not just decriminalizing it. I remember because a few years ago I watched an interview on either c-span or pbs and the advocate of legalization was someone high up in the government. That's why it stuck in my mind. Sorry I cannot remember the specifics.
And didn't Canada rule that it is legal for Canadians to decrypt digital satellite signals from companies such as Dish which don't sell in Canada? That would be another benefit for anyone thinking of immigrating.
I wonder if an OS containing an NSA backdoor would count?
Or the microsoft model of pre-loading it as the default on 99% of all new computers and causing unending irritations for a user if she has the nerve to install a competing program.
Unless you are searching for a porno flick in which case you'll have to remember the name.
At least you have a UNIX/Linux Certificate program nearby. Our local community college sends out flyers with the classes listed and the only computer classes they have are things like Intro to Windows, Keyboarding, Using Excel, MS Word Intermediate, etc. blah blah. I wanted to take some programming classes for things like C and Java but unless I quit my job and go to a real university full time I'll never find challenging coursework. So even though my employer will pay for the classes 100% I can't find anything to take.
But if we hadn't waited on software perfection, we wouldn't all be playing Duke Nukem Forever on top of the GNU Hurd.
These could repair themselves if parts fail, reconfigure themselves to better perform the task they have been set, or even to make extra helpers.
Until one of them decides to attach all the modules to itself and become the uberbot.
If they are autonomous then why would they disassemble themselves to give up their bodies to another? If they are all centrally controlled then this is not as remarkable as the author implies since it is then just a case of having lots of interchangeable parts available. And I suspect that a specialized robot would be much more efficient at any particular task. OTOH being able to rejigger a robot which is bogged down on the surface of mars so it could climb out of a crater would be pretty useful.
Maybe it's already happened. Bill has spies everywhere. :-)
At a Microsoft press conference today, aging software tycoon William Gates III touted his company's new "Accessible Code" policy whereby developers may examine the uncompiled routines which make up the Windows operating system and modify it to suit their needs provided they publicly release their changes under the same MSAC license.
Gates also outlined several points which he says gives Microsoft an advantage over "Open Source Software" such as the ubiquitous Linux operating system and the Apache web server which runs more than 92% of all internet sites. Among these points were: advisories addressing publicly reported security vulnerablities within one business day, free usage of Microsoft software by anyone (the Microsoft patented Pay-only-for-support model), and remarkable stability since there is no pressure from Marketing to release an unready version just to realize a revenue stream.
'These policies combine synergistically to leverage Microsoft over Open Sores Software', said Gates. 'The American system of patents and copyright clearly works. It gives people the freedom to choose. Because of this, almost half of all computer owners choose Microsoft Windows to be their desktop operating system. And the American jobs it creates may be yours. Recently after hiring 58,000 Bangledeshi software engineers, we created over 100 new jobs for Americans to proofread those engineer's milestone reports.'
'And if it weren't for our trusted copyright system, the Walt Disney Corporation would have had to lay off many of the foreigners they import from third world countries to sell snow-cones and wear that suit that makes them look like a certain mouse character whose name I'm not currently licensed to say in public, Gates continued nervously, 'but you know the one I'm talking about.'
Investors reacted positively to the news as Microsoft shares rose fifty cents breaking the five dollar barrier which had kept Microsft in danger of being delisted from the NASDAQ as a penny stock. Only a 3 for 1 reverse split had kept it listed since the company was warned last September. The former billionairre left the building in a hail of applause stopping briefly only to ask the time since his MS WinWatch had blue-screened and to ask several bystanders for a ride to the bus station.
Id software really needs to do something different this time. Their old recipe is getting boring. I would like to see Quake 4 in a more festive environment like maybe a circus with lots of clowns and bright colors everywhere. Instead of shooting weapons that explode monsters, maybe the first person character could walk around and give flowers to people. Or casually listen in on the conversations of strangers in the crowd until they can tell when one of them is going to go to Hell like a Catholic or a Jehovah's witness. Then you could score points by proselytizing them to evangelical christianity and saving as many of their souls as you can before the game ends with the Rapture! But look out for those evil mooslims in the crowd or they may blow you up before you finish God's work. Family fun for everyone!
Yeah I know. I was actually referring to the editor at the BBC who chose the original articles headline. Guess I wasn't very clear.
Exactly! The editor used the word share when Microsoft isn't sharing anything at all.
Cast a suspicious eye when Microsoft is licensing software patents that should never have gotten issued to former employees. Then in lieu of payments they are accepting royalties on products that may never make any money or taking an interest in the company? Shifty stuff there. It looks to me like they are trying to create a 'body of evidence' for a future court battle over patents.
The Indiana state government once legislated the value of PI to be equal to 3.
Yes. I've been practicing for weeks.
And while you're at it, why not just drop a super long anchor out at sea, declare your cruise ship to be an artificial island, and petition the U.N. to recognize you as an autonomous state?
Nope. Both the verses that were quoted refer to the heavens as being stretched out like a canopy, not the earth. Like this. See? He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. The ancients believed the Earth was flat and it was obvious to them that they were at the center of the disc since the sky looked the same in all directions.
Yes it does say the earth is a circle (like a jar lid). After all since the sun revolves around the earth it is the center of the universe so of course the land where the israelites lived was also at the center of the flat earth. And of course if you sailed too close to the edge then you would fall off. The seas had to empty somewhere or else the rains and the rivers would surely flood the earth. See how smart the ancients were? They had it all figured out.
Or failing that, guide it gently into Bagdad. Or Texas. Either one. Or better yet, break it into two parts and guide it into both.
But then you wouldn't really be competing, now would you?
Skeptic: "Sir, do you really think that George W. Busch singlehandedly got a bunch of CIA agents together and told them to create a national crisis that would make the American people 'call for help', allowing for the creation of a national secret police founded and staffed by Busch henchmen while simultaneously sending the price of gasoline through the roof and making his fatcat oil friends even wealthier?"
Response: "I don't know, YOU TELL ME!"
Democratic followup: "Dubya isn't smart enough to do that. Just look at him for God's sake!"
Republican followup: "Yes, he is."
A submarine that looks like a Great White Shark?
Why does this sound so familiar to me?
I guess it's true that great minds think alike.
CodeZoo sounds like a play on words.
CodeZoo =?= Kudzu
You know who really deserves the thanks for this. Yep, its you. All you guys who signed up for all kinds of spam and dubious web based offers using every possible permutation of bill, william, gates, msn, hotmail, and microsoft.com. I heard that he had to hire a staff full time to sift through tens of thousands of emails to try to pick out the actual business communications. And then out of sheer desperation he signed up for an AOL account.
Growing hay as fuel also means not needing to use herbicides and pesticides which slowly build up in the soil. It could also have an effect on beef prices if this affected the price and availability of feed.