Excellent point, but don't limit the consideration to "spending money.... to show that you care". How about the Bush administration's decision to deploy missile defense systems that had not functioned in even 50% of controlled tests? I would suggest that providing a sweet honey-pot to big defense contractors had as much influence as demonstrating "care". Have you read about the smoke-and-mirror anti-terror industry that has sprung up just outside the beltway? Sounds like a great way to funnel millions, nay billions to one's political cronies. Beware skynet!
You've hit the nail on the head. What you have aptly described is exactly what the Bush administration is promoting, that is, the removal of federal funding for basic scientific research. There will continue to be private interests (e.g., pharmaceutical cos. or your hypothetical benefactor) involved in applied research aimed at producing a lucrative product. The crux of the difference between federal/private funding is the support of the (expensive) basic science required for advancing knowledge (and in turn, the free-market offshoots it produces). This is illustrated by recent cuts to the National Science Foundation (NSF), but with some additional funding provided to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Net result is less funding for basic research on say, evolution, which has application to AIDS and Influenza (bird flu, etc.), while more funds may be available to look at specific treatments for diseases.
This is a consistent pattern the Bush administration has followed of favoring liquidation over building long-term capitol. The pattern is mirrored by promotion of tax cuts at the expense of national debt, oil/mineral development on public lands vs. long-term interests of wildlife/resource conservation, promoting Detroit's inefficient (but profitable) SUVs over supporting CAFE increases and KYOTO adoption. All politicians face pressure to look at the short term, but the current administration's embrace of this approach is unprecedented -and destructive.
No one learns a Texas drawl in New Haven, however, I give "Dub" credit as I believe the inability to articulate polysylabic words is genuine. Maybe it's related to not reading...
Gee, I too would swear-off a company for life because I don't like the mouse that shipped with a system that I didn't even buy. It would have been oppressive to have to plug in any old USB mouse. -and the thought of a component of a multi-$1,000 system costs hundreds of dollars, why that's unconscionable!
Let me add that the earbuds on my iPod shuffle started to -distort- after I had them just 1 year under conditions of rain, snow (I'm hardcore), and banging into other things in a pack. I had the unbearable experience of paying $11.99 for a better-sounding pair of Sony ear-buds!
If that isn't grounds for permanently condemning Apple, what is?
I've found the opposite, having had excellent experiences with an iBook G3 logic board replacement beyond the end date of the extended repair program, and replacement of an iPod shuffle (and the crappy earbuds) beyond its warranty. Maybe it was just luck, but experience leads me to believe that if you do your homework before calling and are polite but firm, you will be treated well.
OK, then. If it's stolen as you imply, then logically it could be that you're not merely Helen, but you're implying that you think George *stole* the iPod, then had it engraved, no? Rock on!
Mac OSX has shipped with compilers since OSX public beta in 2000. Type "gcc -v" at the default bash term and you'll get: "gcc version 4.0.0 20041026 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 4061)" -or something similar. For several years now all Macs have also shipped with the X-Tools IDE (not installed by default, but included with every machine and os license), which has received much praise from developers (which I am not).
"I was on my bike" (the one without the motor). -Takes longer to get from A->B (i.e., more time incommunicado), creates near zilch for pollution, and makes you fit. http://www.pedalforanwr.org/
Dude,
Why would you defend shopping at WalMart AND brag about going to private schools? That's like being born with a silver spoon and admitting you use it to re-position your Ben-Wah balls rather than snort coke off it like a good spoiled brat. If you are intelligent (and trust me the Ph.D. is no proof), try defending WalMart's economic and social impact as strongly as you defend your ego (e.g. sea & ski fag-oh, no stereotyping-actually I probably smoke you at both, sans the pretense). I'm almost (~1 year off) a Ph.D. (public education only) and I CAN skin a deer,
and despite grad school poverty, avoid WallyWorld. Put that in your gamma distribution and stroke it.
I've been vegetarian for 10+ years, though I eat some cheese and milk, and wild game in the last few years (learned to hunt in Alaska). I and others bike and lift with great results. John Robbins' "Diet for a new America" notes a "Mr. Universe" who was a vegie. Don't be fooled by the Beef Council propaganda. Pedal on -the only sustainable way to commute!
Try -driving- the Tacoma. Maybe off-road even. What a concept. Oh, maybe I can just say "Expedition", "Mountaineer", -oh wait, I feel BIGGER... Grow up. -Ot buy one of those pumps...
Would there be an example to back up this assertion? Does a ford Ranger look "cooler" than a Tacoma that will run 2x as long without problems? Or is a Camry uglier than the Focus that likewise has half the lifespan. -Or did I forget pretty is more important than shitty? "...rolling dog crap" is more akin to a falling apart Ford I think. Now a '68 mustang is a different story...
No doubt there are applications for -sensors- on fasteners (can you say "MD-83 jack screws"?), but suggesting that nuts and bolts install themselves sounds idiotic. How does a microprocessor go about delivering 100 ft-lbs. of force - or 20 in-lbs for that matter, more efficiently than a WRENCH? Sounds like justification for bad engineering - in fact I've owned cars designed with these principles, e.g., "the engine has to be raised to replace the exhaust head-pipe," or "every accesory must be removed to reach the water pump." -Now design can suck and magic bolts can be the excuse. Awesome!
Wow, the Gentoo-Darwin team must be really satisfied! Related news from The Onion- Favorite 'net acronyms: OMGIJEAOMK = Oh my god I just ejaculated all over my keyboard. Always looking for more things to do with my mac...
The liberals I know want honesty and competence in government -along with protection under the constititution. The FBI had information on the 9/11 hijackers. It was their incompetence, not lack of police power, that allowed the plot to proceed. Incompetence in the neocon government such as touting WMDs to justify an oil war serves only to breed terror, as potential Jihadists see an unjustifed attack on their people. Can you say "imminent threat" (and not lie)?
Those who would give up their freedoms under the bill of rights are handing these extremists victory -both the domestic extemeists, e.g., John Ashcroft, and foreign, e.g., Bin Laden's followers. Read the Bill of Rights. This is my country and I won't hand it over to misinformed, solicitous idiots who don't have a clue about the freedoms that are the foundation of the United States.
Try using an apt analogy if you choose to refute an argument with one. I don't think you'll find legislation that specifically calls upon the government to keep secret your space alien friends. This is explicityly part of the PA. Perhaps try this one:
Premiss: The government specifically authorized warrants to be issued without a magistrate and in complete secrecy, both before and after their excercise (e.g., PA).
Argument: The lack of public evidence for the use of this power FOLLOWS FROM THE NATURE OF THE POWER.
Lesson for the logically challenged: This is a TAUTOLOGY.
Surely only an idiot would claim it hasn't been used because the records of it's use are not available... Surely...
Our government does this in DAYTIME, clearly differentiating it from the midnight arrests of the Soviets. Ask Brandon Mayfield about being arrested and held without charge.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4923727/
'All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing.' -Edmund Burke
If you stop to think for a minute, maybe there's a reason why there are no examples of secret warrants being excercised or library, etc. records being searched. Do you suppose it has anything to do with the unrestrained power the PA grants the executive to do these things SECRETLY?
I'm not an EE either, but can vouch from empirical evidence that clipping off the wall dealy on a 12V appliance (e.g., LCD display, "computer" speakers) is all you need to do to connect up a 12V battery. (Do check polarity before you play this game)
Yeah, but you want a deep-cycle battery, not a starting battery made for peak current at near full charge. The "marine" or "RV" batteries with thicker plates and other elfin' magic will work better.
Solar charging would be viable in sunny climes. Don't count on theoretical output based on solar insolation values -real world performance differs from theoretical maxima. If you want your solar/battery system to work, double the power requirement estimates. Your panel won't always be perpendicular to sunlight and free of cloud/particulate interference. It's neat stuff. I've lived off-grid for 2 yrs. and currently run a network of remote weather stations that use PV panels.
The parent poster speaks truth. Fed-ex flies to my local "airport" (= 2 short runways), but can't seem to get things here on time. Ground packages take ca. 5-7 days to go 250 miles. The positive side is that if someone (e.g., the GF) pays for Fed-Ex overnight, they are only guaranteed 2-day, but can't make it, ergo $25 is refunded (5/5 record!). Downside: I've gotten stale brownies 10 days later in an OVERNIGHT package./offtopic
So the FBI is only after *selected* log info. Trusting the government to excercise restraint is exactly what the founding fathers steeled this nation against. Why on earth would intelligence agencies that have been funded by our representatives to compile massive databases NOT keep all of the information therein? You mean the agency doesn't care what *else* is in the log as long as I didn't do anything wrong? Wake up and smell the erosion of democracy!
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Excellent point, but don't limit the consideration to "spending money.... to show that you care". How about the Bush administration's decision to deploy missile defense systems that had not functioned in even 50% of controlled tests? I would suggest that providing a sweet honey-pot to big defense contractors had as much influence as demonstrating "care". Have you read about the smoke-and-mirror anti-terror industry that has sprung up just outside the beltway? Sounds like a great way to funnel millions, nay billions to one's political cronies. Beware skynet!
This is a consistent pattern the Bush administration has followed of favoring liquidation over building long-term capitol. The pattern is mirrored by promotion of tax cuts at the expense of national debt, oil/mineral development on public lands vs. long-term interests of wildlife/resource conservation, promoting Detroit's inefficient (but profitable) SUVs over supporting CAFE increases and KYOTO adoption. All politicians face pressure to look at the short term, but the current administration's embrace of this approach is unprecedented -and destructive.
Agreed,
No one learns a Texas drawl in New Haven, however, I give "Dub" credit as I believe the inability to articulate polysylabic words is genuine. Maybe it's related to not reading...
Wow that sucks. The GF had FedEx shipping box in 1 day and turn around with new logic board in 3 days.
Let me add that the earbuds on my iPod shuffle started to -distort- after I had them just 1 year under conditions of rain, snow (I'm hardcore), and banging into other things in a pack. I had the unbearable experience of paying $11.99 for a better-sounding pair of Sony ear-buds!
If that isn't grounds for permanently condemning Apple, what is?I've found the opposite, having had excellent experiences with an iBook G3 logic board replacement beyond the end date of the extended repair program, and replacement of an iPod shuffle (and the crappy earbuds) beyond its warranty. Maybe it was just luck, but experience leads me to believe that if you do your homework before calling and are polite but firm, you will be treated well.
OK, then. If it's stolen as you imply, then logically it could be that you're not merely Helen, but you're implying that you think George *stole* the iPod, then had it engraved, no? Rock on!
Mac OSX has shipped with compilers since OSX public beta in 2000. Type "gcc -v" at the default bash term and you'll get:
"gcc version 4.0.0 20041026 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 4061)" -or something similar.
For several years now all Macs have also shipped with the X-Tools IDE (not installed by default, but included with every machine and os license), which has received much praise from developers (which I am not).
"I was on my bike" (the one without the motor). -Takes longer to get from A->B (i.e., more time incommunicado), creates near zilch for pollution, and makes you fit.
http://www.pedalforanwr.org/
Dude, Why would you defend shopping at WalMart AND brag about going to private schools? That's like being born with a silver spoon and admitting you use it to re-position your Ben-Wah balls rather than snort coke off it like a good spoiled brat. If you are intelligent (and trust me the Ph.D. is no proof), try defending WalMart's economic and social impact as strongly as you defend your ego (e.g. sea & ski fag-oh, no stereotyping-actually I probably smoke you at both, sans the pretense). I'm almost (~1 year off) a Ph.D. (public education only) and I CAN skin a deer, and despite grad school poverty, avoid WallyWorld. Put that in your gamma distribution and stroke it.
I've been vegetarian for 10+ years, though I eat some cheese and milk, and wild game in the last few years (learned to hunt in Alaska). I and others bike and lift with great results. John Robbins' "Diet for a new America" notes a "Mr. Universe" who was a vegie. Don't be fooled by the Beef Council propaganda. Pedal on -the only sustainable way to commute!
Try -driving- the Tacoma. Maybe off-road even. What a concept. Oh, maybe I can just say "Expedition", "Mountaineer", -oh wait, I feel BIGGER... Grow up. -Ot buy one of those pumps...
Would there be an example to back up this assertion? Does a ford Ranger look "cooler" than a Tacoma that will run 2x as long without problems? Or is a Camry uglier than the Focus that likewise has half the lifespan. -Or did I forget pretty is more important than shitty? "...rolling dog crap" is more akin to a falling apart Ford I think. Now a '68 mustang is a different story...
No doubt there are applications for -sensors- on fasteners (can you say "MD-83 jack screws"?), but suggesting that nuts and bolts install themselves sounds idiotic. How does a microprocessor go about delivering 100 ft-lbs. of force - or 20 in-lbs for that matter, more efficiently than a WRENCH? Sounds like justification for bad engineering - in fact I've owned cars designed with these principles, e.g., "the engine has to be raised to replace the exhaust head-pipe," or "every accesory must be removed to reach the water pump." -Now design can suck and magic bolts can be the excuse. Awesome!
Wow, the Gentoo-Darwin team must be really satisfied! Related news from The Onion-
Favorite 'net acronyms: OMGIJEAOMK =
Oh my god I just ejaculated all over my keyboard. Always looking for more things to do with my mac...
The liberals I know want honesty and competence in government -along with protection under the constititution. The FBI had information on the 9/11 hijackers. It was their incompetence, not lack of police power, that allowed the plot to proceed. Incompetence in the neocon government such as touting WMDs to justify an oil war serves only to breed terror, as potential Jihadists see an unjustifed attack on their people. Can you say "imminent threat" (and not lie)? Those who would give up their freedoms under the bill of rights are handing these extremists victory -both the domestic extemeists, e.g., John Ashcroft, and foreign, e.g., Bin Laden's followers. Read the Bill of Rights. This is my country and I won't hand it over to misinformed, solicitous idiots who don't have a clue about the freedoms that are the foundation of the United States.
Try using an apt analogy if you choose to refute an argument with one. I don't think you'll find legislation that specifically calls upon the government to keep secret your space alien friends. This is explicityly part of the PA. Perhaps try this one: Premiss: The government specifically authorized warrants to be issued without a magistrate and in complete secrecy, both before and after their excercise (e.g., PA). Argument: The lack of public evidence for the use of this power FOLLOWS FROM THE NATURE OF THE POWER. Lesson for the logically challenged: This is a TAUTOLOGY. Surely only an idiot would claim it hasn't been used because the records of it's use are not available... Surely...
Our government does this in DAYTIME, clearly differentiating it from the midnight arrests of the Soviets. Ask Brandon Mayfield about being arrested and held without charge. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4923727/ 'All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing.' -Edmund Burke
If you stop to think for a minute, maybe there's a reason why there are no examples of secret warrants being excercised or library, etc. records being searched. Do you suppose it has anything to do with the unrestrained power the PA grants the executive to do these things SECRETLY?
I'm not an EE either, but can vouch from empirical evidence that clipping off the wall dealy on a 12V appliance (e.g., LCD display, "computer" speakers) is all you need to do to connect up a 12V battery. (Do check polarity before you play this game)
Yeah, but you want a deep-cycle battery, not a starting battery made for peak current at near full charge. The "marine" or "RV" batteries with thicker plates and other elfin' magic will work better.
Solar charging would be viable in sunny climes. Don't count on theoretical output based on solar insolation values -real world performance differs from theoretical maxima. If you want your solar/battery system to work, double the power requirement estimates. Your panel won't always be perpendicular to sunlight and free of cloud/particulate interference. It's neat stuff. I've lived off-grid for 2 yrs. and currently run a network of remote weather stations that use PV panels.
The parent poster speaks truth. Fed-ex flies to my local "airport" (= 2 short runways), but can't seem to get things here on time. Ground packages take ca. 5-7 days to go 250 miles. The positive side is that if someone (e.g., the GF) pays for Fed-Ex overnight, they are only guaranteed 2-day, but can't make it, ergo $25 is refunded (5/5 record!). Downside: I've gotten stale brownies 10 days later in an OVERNIGHT package. /offtopic
So the FBI is only after *selected* log info. Trusting the government to excercise restraint is exactly what the founding fathers steeled this nation against. Why on earth would intelligence agencies that have been funded by our representatives to compile massive databases NOT keep all of the information therein? You mean the agency doesn't care what *else* is in the log as long as I didn't do anything wrong? Wake up and smell the erosion of democracy!
Right, Back to the logic check...