Granted, the flights that were probably going to be targeted were US bound, but surely it's within the abilities of the Conspiracy to organise all of this is the USA in order to fulfil their Evil Schemes more effectively?
I have to agree with you and sh00z. I had a Creative Zen, and found it tedious to use, suach as the over-sensitive slider, and the awful software. In addition, the software only recorded some of the track information, so albums with similar names, or similarly named tracks would interfere with one another. I eventually decided to get a 5th generation iPod, and it's not given me any problems whatsoever. I was a little hesitant about using iTunes initially, but it's absolutely great.
Whether or not it's 'cool', it's a damn good product.
Very much so in some genres, none more so than in the fields of electonic and dance music. Labels can have a very distinctive sound - sometimes you can guess the label just from hearing some music. Records on the Warp label stand out a mile, for instance, as do Ninja Tunes.
Zenmar, the guy who runs "Dark Zen" is a cultish nutbag. I certainly wouldn't take anything he says as remotely authoratative on Buddhism - which has, with a few small screw ups here and there - been a very peaceful religion. Japanese Buddhism is mixed with Shintoism, which advocated the divinity of the Emperor. This, and the threat of violence, is how Buddhism was used to "advocate" the use of violence during WW2 (and other wars the Japanese have been involved with.
If you want a completely benign religion, look at Jainism.
This is also true for the Taoist practice of alchemy. Descriptions of meditatonal states and transpersonal experiences were hidden in descriptions of chemical reactions, and such texts would only be able to be decoded by a teacher.
The goal was to produce an "elixir of immortality", which was not really refering to a real medicine, but rather to enlightenment.
With DVDs there's the possibility added bonus features such as behind-the-scenes documentaries or commentaries. A good example of this is with the Fight Club or Band Of Brothers DVDs. As far as I'm aware, a downloaded film will only have the film, not the extra audio tracks or the documentaries etc that come with a bought DVD. Sometimes (although rarely) a DVD is worth buying, since what you're getting is actually worth the money - they've actually taken their time and produced a good product.
Hmm, I was thinking of the larger, glass bottles which are usually found for sale in the airport's shopping area, but I suppose for the terrorist with a budget, those little bottles would have to do. Perfume might actually be a much better idea, having a greater percentage of alcohol in it.
The 70s were good compared to today when carrying a lighter onto an airplane is going to be a crime in a few weeks.
It's interesting that knives and lighters are both banned on planes, but buying a big bottle of wine or spirits in the duty-free shops and then taking it onto the plane in your hand-luggage is completely fine.
A broken bottle (and one full of alcohol too) makes an excellent weapon. Something like high strength vodka could be used to make a rudimentary Molotov cocktail - although maybe not if lighters are banned. Of course they'll never ban bottles on planes. Not for safety reasons, of course, but because the drinks industry would go ape.
And yes, people who "don't read classic literature" are, perforce, less completely educated -- or at the very least, less cultured. I make no claims regarding intelligence, however.
Not everyone has the time or inclination to read, for example, Joyce or Tolstoy - but there's an difference between not reading the classics and not reading at all. Those that aren't really into such books can still be voracious readers (me, for example).
I think the worst kind of reading habit is to read nothing but celebrity magazines.
The same thing happened to me - although I was being diverted to Google.uk. My homepage was deliberately set to be google.com, so I found this a bit annoying. Even typing www.google.com into the address bar sent me to the.uk site. I got it to stop doing this by deleting the cookie, and it stopped redirecting me.
For once. JUST ONCE. I wish people would vote for who they think is a better leader, instead of voting with their party. If they can't decide - don't vote.
In 2000, "issue awareness"--knowledge of the stands of the candidate-producing organizations on issues--reached an all-time low. Currently available evidence suggests it may have been even lower in 2004. About 10 percent of voters said their choice would be based on the candidate's "agendas/ideas/platforms/goals": 6 percent for Bush voters, 13 percent for Kerry voters (Gallup). The rest would vote for what the industry calls "qualities" or "values," which are the political counterpart to toothpaste ads.
That fact is ignored because it is highly politically incorrect.
And it doesn't sell papers. Some, such as the Daily Mail and the Sun here in the UK seem to thrive off the 'stranger danger' myth that kids are getting abducted, raped and killed. It's all swallowed hook, line and sinker - I guess because people actually enjoy the thrill of being scared and having an almost archetypal hate figure out there. Of course the real fact is that (IIRC), on average only SEVEN abductions of kids a YEAR end up with the child in question being killed. Compare this to the estimated one in twenty children who are at some point sexually abused by a friend or relative. Not something you can sell a paper with, since it doesn't back up the paper's readers' desire to feel rightious indignation at someone - since the 'evil guy' isn't some bloke in a dirty mac, but five percent of the readers themselves.
Indeed. If the ISP is allowing access to information the government would consider 'inconvenient', the fact that the ISP can be fined huge amounts or shut down for being guilty of allowing access to kiddy porn (which all, by default, are guilty of) then this gives a very useful and tempting way for the government to stop the ability to access said information. The argument that this would be a corrupt and dirty thing to do, and that a government would not give into temptation is obviously a naive one...
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Isn't this the idea behind air marshals?
It's my understanding that the pilots in aricraft always have different meals to each other to prevent both getting ill.
Indeed - and that's why 'if you've done nothing wrong you've nothing to fear and no need to hide' is a load of bull.
'Theocracy' as in 'govenment ruled by a religious institution', I assume.
Snakes on a plane.
And there ain't a God-damned thing you can do about it.
This happened in Britain, not the US.
Granted, the flights that were probably going to be targeted were US bound, but surely it's within the abilities of the Conspiracy to organise all of this is the USA in order to fulfil their Evil Schemes more effectively?
I have to agree with you and sh00z. I had a Creative Zen, and found it tedious to use, suach as the over-sensitive slider, and the awful software. In addition, the software only recorded some of the track information, so albums with similar names, or similarly named tracks would interfere with one another. I eventually decided to get a 5th generation iPod, and it's not given me any problems whatsoever. I was a little hesitant about using iTunes initially, but it's absolutely great.
Whether or not it's 'cool', it's a damn good product.
Very much so in some genres, none more so than in the fields of electonic and dance music. Labels can have a very distinctive sound - sometimes you can guess the label just from hearing some music. Records on the Warp label stand out a mile, for instance, as do Ninja Tunes.
Zenmar, the guy who runs "Dark Zen" is a cultish nutbag. I certainly wouldn't take anything he says as remotely authoratative on Buddhism - which has, with a few small screw ups here and there - been a very peaceful religion. Japanese Buddhism is mixed with Shintoism, which advocated the divinity of the Emperor. This, and the threat of violence, is how Buddhism was used to "advocate" the use of violence during WW2 (and other wars the Japanese have been involved with.
If you want a completely benign religion, look at Jainism.
It does. I can't remember exactly where, but it is explicitly stated in the Catechism that faith without good works is insuficient.
Reminds me of that sodding "Crazy Frog".
1) tsuyoshi --- buddy
2) shinogo --- clown
3) kimutaku --- asshole
4) who?
At a guess:
4) Profit!
The goal was to produce an "elixir of immortality", which was not really refering to a real medicine, but rather to enlightenment.
With DVDs there's the possibility added bonus features such as behind-the-scenes documentaries or commentaries. A good example of this is with the Fight Club or Band Of Brothers DVDs. As far as I'm aware, a downloaded film will only have the film, not the extra audio tracks or the documentaries etc that come with a bought DVD. Sometimes (although rarely) a DVD is worth buying, since what you're getting is actually worth the money - they've actually taken their time and produced a good product.
I think the Environment Agency has such powers. It's actually quite surprising what they can do according to the law.
Hmm, I was thinking of the larger, glass bottles which are usually found for sale in the airport's shopping area, but I suppose for the terrorist with a budget, those little bottles would have to do. Perfume might actually be a much better idea, having a greater percentage of alcohol in it.
It's interesting that knives and lighters are both banned on planes, but buying a big bottle of wine or spirits in the duty-free shops and then taking it onto the plane in your hand-luggage is completely fine.
A broken bottle (and one full of alcohol too) makes an excellent weapon. Something like high strength vodka could be used to make a rudimentary Molotov cocktail - although maybe not if lighters are banned. Of course they'll never ban bottles on planes. Not for safety reasons, of course, but because the drinks industry would go ape.
They aren't our only right wing party - we also have New Labour. They're even more like the Republicans.
Not everyone has the time or inclination to read, for example, Joyce or Tolstoy - but there's an difference between not reading the classics and not reading at all. Those that aren't really into such books can still be voracious readers (me, for example).
I think the worst kind of reading habit is to read nothing but celebrity magazines.
The same thing happened to me - although I was being diverted to Google.uk. My homepage was deliberately set to be google.com, so I found this a bit annoying. Even typing www.google.com into the address bar sent me to the .uk site. I got it to stop doing this by deleting the cookie, and it stopped redirecting me.
Okay. Here it is.
And it doesn't sell papers. Some, such as the Daily Mail and the Sun here in the UK seem to thrive off the 'stranger danger' myth that kids are getting abducted, raped and killed. It's all swallowed hook, line and sinker - I guess because people actually enjoy the thrill of being scared and having an almost archetypal hate figure out there. Of course the real fact is that (IIRC), on average only SEVEN abductions of kids a YEAR end up with the child in question being killed. Compare this to the estimated one in twenty children who are at some point sexually abused by a friend or relative. Not something you can sell a paper with, since it doesn't back up the paper's readers' desire to feel rightious indignation at someone - since the 'evil guy' isn't some bloke in a dirty mac, but five percent of the readers themselves.
Indeed. If the ISP is allowing access to information the government would consider 'inconvenient', the fact that the ISP can be fined huge amounts or shut down for being guilty of allowing access to kiddy porn (which all, by default, are guilty of) then this gives a very useful and tempting way for the government to stop the ability to access said information. The argument that this would be a corrupt and dirty thing to do, and that a government would not give into temptation is obviously a naive one...