I had measles and mumps, and I'm fine. Leila isn't. My friend Mike had polio (which has been completely eradicated in this country so there's no excuse for polio vaccinations here any more) as a child and he walks with a limp and one hand doesn't work well, but he has a productive job. Small pox and diptheria are gone, no need to vaccinate against them either. I knew kids with strep throat, none of whom developed pneumonia. AFAIK there is no vaccine for meningitis. Measles can kill, blind, and cause serious birth defects in uteroif the mother becomes infected while pregnant. Mumps is relatively benign except for that nasty little bit about 25% of males becoming sterile if you catch it as an adult. Polio may be eradicated in the US, but it is not eradicated on the planet. So unless you want to stop airplane travel, I suggest we keep vaccinating against it. One place it is still endemic is Afghanistan, and last I heard the were Americans there who were at least planning on returning to the US. BTW, ask your friend Mike about post-polio syndrome. I'm sure he's looking forward to it.
Small pox is indeed eradicated, except, of course for the stocks kept for bio warfare. Diphtheria is not eradicated. Outbreaks still occur worldwide. Mortality is generally 5-10% but can be as high as 40% in children under 5. Pertussis also still kills children in the US. You would be an idiot not to give your children DPT vaccine. I have two daughters and they have had all of their shots, and will continue to get them.
Here is how Dixy Lee Ray (with Lou Guzzo) described events (Trashing the Planet, page 69) [note: Ray has the timing wrong, the spraying was stopped in 1964, not the late 60s]:
Dixie Lee Ray was a rabid anti-environmentalist who never let the facts get in her way. She would have advocated spraying plutonium dust if someone thought they could make money out of the deal.
I'm a smart software developer, so I'm pretty sure my computer is not affected (secured hardware firewall, etc). But how can I be sure? format c:\ [Enter]
"Splash hot pepper sauce."
Pfff. Lightweight.
And let me NARROW that down for you. Tobasco, Krystal, or Louisiana Hot Sauce. Or choose your local south LA brand or whatever you made up yourself. Meh! I prefer my homebrew habanero/cayenne blend.
That is over 1 million per computer! And they use the term 'develop', does that even include the cost of the compter. Heck, I'll do it for 50,000$ per computer. Insane!
Actually $595,000,000/525,000 = $1,133.33 per computer. While I, too, would be happy to do the job for $50,000.00 per computer, perhaps a quick refresher on approximations using exponential notation would be time well spent for you.:-)
A very interesting sidelight of this is that they "print" a 3d model of the data in plastic, and this model becomes part of the official holotype of the new species. A first for taxonomy, I believe. A 1 mm wasp gets turned into a highly detailed 30 cm model. Very cool, at least if you're a biologist.
It would normally be bad science to say "we found one, so we infer there are many"... however, over the last bunch of years in Astronomy has consistently re-affirmed exactly that.
The problem is, it was considered completely "unique" until they found a second one.
"The number 'two' is impossible." Isaac Asimov in The Gods Themselves. The point being that in cosmology there may be zero of something or one of something, but once you know there is more than one of something, you should assume that the number is infinite.
The expanding wavefront of the earliest radio broadcast of a Wayne Newton record is much smaller than that. I think whatever is shooting at us is a lot closer.
Many slashdot posters speak english as their second or third language. We should always remember that English is one of the hardest languages in the world to learn; it is an order of magnitude less regular and its working vocabulary is far larger than the Romance languages. All rules about spelling, punctuation, pluralization, etc. are wrong at least 1 or 2% of the time. There are over 30 vowel sounds represented by 5 1/2 letters. There is quite simply no logic to the use of prepositions in idiomatic phrases, and idiomatic phrases are all over the language, even in basic tourist / shopkeep speaking.
While I agree with what you are saying, I think it misses the point. My experience has been that the worst grammar and spelling comes from native English speakers. When I hear a (presumably) college educated teacher say, "Him and me are going to the store," I want to beat him or her with a stick. Most Europeans and Asians that I hear speaking English as a second or third or fourth language are much better at it. I think it has to do with working at it and wanting to be better. Although I speak Italian and French (not fluently yet), it is hard to practice even in Europe, because everyone wants to practice his English on you.
So, if someone makes grammatical errors, mispronounces common English words, and fractures the sentence structure, they're probably a Yale grad, not a foreigner.
feel however you want, but hate implies an active dislike which cannot be the case with corporations (they are just legal entities). The people in charge of them might not like you, but they are other people, not "the corporation".
While I understand your point and agree with to a certain point, my experience has been that corporations or their divisions or other business entities develop a corporate culture that is more than the sum of its parts. Individually, the people in it can be quite nice away from the office, but when they are in the workplace, they become part of the entity. A couple I have seen (and thank all gods never worked for) were run like Nazi concentration camps. They hated everybody, and the places were run on total fear. More commonly, you do see businesses that have a culture of looking at their customers as victims to be abused. You can go to work in such a place as the nicest guy in the world, but if you stay long enough, the hive mind will take you over, and you'll start abusing grandmothers. Fortunately, most of us will quit such a place before we're too badly damaged.
Of course they do. Your statement is absurd. Standards in many aspects of society have changed over time. When my grandmother got her teaching credential in the late 1800's, it was not considered proper for a married woman to teach school. Limiting the counterexamples to language, the flowery speech of conversational English in the 1860's would sound absurd if so used today. Many words and phrases considered improper when my parents attended college in the 1930's wouldn't raise an eyebrow anywhere today, although some still would. Go further back to Elizabethan English, and the profanities in Shakespeare aren't recognizable or understandable to children today without a footnote. So. clearly standards in language do change over time, and your statement is false.
>Obviously, some of you are... trying to harm children
Sir, that sort of demagoguery and blatant ad hominem attack is insulting and an offense against my standards of decency.
Since this case is about fleeting expletives, it seems to me to be much ado about nothing; and your arguments seems specious. Children hear far more expletives in the course of their usual day than they are likely to hear on television. Language and standards change over time. Get over it. However, since you are the one claiming to be an attorney arguing a case before the US Supreme Court in support of old-fashioned standards of language, I do hope that the grammar and sentence structure of your pleadings are much better than you have shown here.
But what if you were the Police office who unfairly got poor reviews because you arested someone who deserved it...
Like any other public employee, the policeman is evaluated by his supervisor, not a graffiti wall. He or she needs to worry about what his sergeant and captain think, not about AC posts on a website.
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Small pox is indeed eradicated, except, of course for the stocks kept for bio warfare. Diphtheria is not eradicated. Outbreaks still occur worldwide. Mortality is generally 5-10% but can be as high as 40% in children under 5. Pertussis also still kills children in the US. You would be an idiot not to give your children DPT vaccine. I have two daughters and they have had all of their shots, and will continue to get them.
Here is how Dixy Lee Ray (with Lou Guzzo) described events (Trashing the Planet, page 69) [note: Ray has the timing wrong, the spraying was stopped in 1964, not the late 60s]:
Dixie Lee Ray was a rabid anti-environmentalist who never let the facts get in her way. She would have advocated spraying plutonium dust if someone thought they could make money out of the deal.Nah...Bsckground: FF00FF Text: 7FFF00. Blink helps, too.
- 2 oz. fresh gator blood
- 2 oz. rum 151 proof or stronger
- splash hot pepper sauce
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Cures what ails you.Look up a bit. There are signs over the aisles. Look for the one that says: COFFEE
Actually $595,000,000/525,000 = $1,133.33 per computer. While I, too, would be happy to do the job for $50,000.00 per computer, perhaps a quick refresher on approximations using exponential notation would be time well spent for you. :-)
595*10^6 / 525*10^3 =ish 1.x*10^3
>why the need for a synchrotron?
Resolution. Details are shown at the micron level.
A very interesting sidelight of this is that they "print" a 3d model of the data in plastic, and this model becomes part of the official holotype of the new species. A first for taxonomy, I believe. A 1 mm wasp gets turned into a highly detailed 30 cm model. Very cool, at least if you're a biologist.
The problem is, it was considered completely "unique" until they found a second one.
"The number 'two' is impossible." Isaac Asimov in The Gods Themselves. The point being that in cosmology there may be zero of something or one of something, but once you know there is more than one of something, you should assume that the number is infinite.
Or a play on words...Anthem...Anathem...Anathema?
A few shots of tequila blur up the edges as well. That or taking out my contacts.
Snorted.
The expanding wavefront of the earliest radio broadcast of a Wayne Newton record is much smaller than that. I think whatever is shooting at us is a lot closer.
While I agree with what you are saying, I think it misses the point. My experience has been that the worst grammar and spelling comes from native English speakers. When I hear a (presumably) college educated teacher say, "Him and me are going to the store," I want to beat him or her with a stick. Most Europeans and Asians that I hear speaking English as a second or third or fourth language are much better at it. I think it has to do with working at it and wanting to be better. Although I speak Italian and French (not fluently yet), it is hard to practice even in Europe, because everyone wants to practice his English on you.
So, if someone makes grammatical errors, mispronounces common English words, and fractures the sentence structure, they're probably a Yale grad, not a foreigner.
>A former mail carrier, McBride has been trying his luck at FCC auctions since 1996.
Darl, is that you?While I understand your point and agree with to a certain point, my experience has been that corporations or their divisions or other business entities develop a corporate culture that is more than the sum of its parts. Individually, the people in it can be quite nice away from the office, but when they are in the workplace, they become part of the entity. A couple I have seen (and thank all gods never worked for) were run like Nazi concentration camps. They hated everybody, and the places were run on total fear. More commonly, you do see businesses that have a culture of looking at their customers as victims to be abused. You can go to work in such a place as the nicest guy in the world, but if you stay long enough, the hive mind will take you over, and you'll start abusing grandmothers. Fortunately, most of us will quit such a place before we're too badly damaged.
>Standards do not change over time.
Of course they do. Your statement is absurd. Standards in many aspects of society have changed over time. When my grandmother got her teaching credential in the late 1800's, it was not considered proper for a married woman to teach school. Limiting the counterexamples to language, the flowery speech of conversational English in the 1860's would sound absurd if so used today. Many words and phrases considered improper when my parents attended college in the 1930's wouldn't raise an eyebrow anywhere today, although some still would. Go further back to Elizabethan English, and the profanities in Shakespeare aren't recognizable or understandable to children today without a footnote. So. clearly standards in language do change over time, and your statement is false.>Obviously, some of you are ... trying to harm children
Sir, that sort of demagoguery and blatant ad hominem attack is insulting and an offense against my standards of decency.May your spirit rise up on the Fountains of Paradise. Thank you for all of the joy and inspiration your stories have given me.
Since this case is about fleeting expletives, it seems to me to be much ado about nothing; and your arguments seems specious. Children hear far more expletives in the course of their usual day than they are likely to hear on television. Language and standards change over time. Get over it. However, since you are the one claiming to be an attorney arguing a case before the US Supreme Court in support of old-fashioned standards of language, I do hope that the grammar and sentence structure of your pleadings are much better than you have shown here.
They are more aware. They just don't give a shit. :-)
>the first pictures probably won't be publicly available until tomorrow.
At closest approach (50 km.) Cassini will be going far too fast to take any photographs.
Like any other public employee, the policeman is evaluated by his supervisor, not a graffiti wall. He or she needs to worry about what his sergeant and captain think, not about AC posts on a website.
Of the seven deadly sins, lust and avarice are my favorites.