Mr. Gorman, who said the American Library Association doesn't have an official position on the subject, described Google's argument that Web users will be able to look at several snippets and then decide whether they want to buy or read the book as "ridiculous." Further, he noted that as a published author, he opposes Google's intention to build an enormous database that includes copyrighted texts. "It's a flaunting of my intellectual property rights," he said. [emphasis added]
If the president of the American Library Association doesn't know the different between flaunt and flout, I think civilization is doomed.
You forgot to mention the fourth-to-last ep, "Many Happy Returns", which was all the evidence any remaining sceptic needed. Xena's birthday present to Gabrielle is to take her to a recitation by Sappho (!), and when they can't make it due to plot complications, she reads her a love poem herself instead. Then they quite literally fly off into the sunset, courtesy of some of Hermes' hardware. I prefer to think of that ep as the series finale, rather than the miserable Japanese eps.
Does this mean a return to the theory that the Moon was scraped out of what's now the Pacific basin? IIRC, that was one of the earliest theories for its origin, sometime in the nineteenth century.
Only a moron with a complete lack of understanding of the proper role of government could get from "not all races are equal" to "the poor and minorities must be sterilized for the good of society". Unfortunately, that describes the vast majority of people today. The question is thus, do we (attempt to) suppress research that will definitely save many lives on the off chance that stupid people will misuse it in ways that may cost some lives?
I'd like to see the real statistics involved (number of letters in various times to reply). It sounds like it might be a power-law distribution, but with coverage this lame, it's hard to tell.
You know what it would really do? Make people shift to anonymous OSS. Write your tools on your own box (in an encrypted partition) and distribute them via Freenet, and there's not a thing the Man can do about it.
Yes, frankly. Two-sticking ala Goldeneye is tolerable, at least for a fairly simple FPS, but having easy access to dozens of keys for things like weapon switching, and having a mouse which can aim far more accurately than a joystick, still makes for a far better experience.
The other bands in my Symphonic Metal genre in iTunes are: Andromeda, Demons & Wizards, Pagan's Mind, Sonata Arctica, and Zeroesque. Not all of these are of equal quality--Zeroesque's album in particular quickly degenerates into this awful jazz shit in the later tracks--but they were all good enough for me to keep around. Otherwise, I suggest browsing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphonic_metal and related pages.
BTW, I got into symphonic metal through progressive rock, a lot of which shares some similarities. You might give Dream Theater a try and see if you'll like prog too.
Both, now that you mention it, though I was initially talking about their support for the RIAA. Me, I can't stand thrash metal--I've been getting into symphonic/epic metal lately, Nightwish and Blind Guardian and so on.
Metallica are in it purely for the money--they are one of the few bands out there that gets a significant portion of album sales (50%, IIRC). I don't know what kind of deal Eminem gets, but I wouldn't be surprised it it's similar.
In the very last paragraph, it mentions Bram dropping by an old Bell Labs friend to talk about "satisfiability testing". If they're talking about 3SAT, does this mean he's working on P-NP?
Is there a standard yet for putting SVCD-quality content on DVD-ROMs? It seems it would be an easy way to double or triple the amount of video with only a small hit in quality.
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More like a smaller moon. To a Jupiteranean(?), Luna would look awfully similar to their big four, not like an asteroid at all.
You forgot to mention the fourth-to-last ep, "Many Happy Returns", which was all the evidence any remaining sceptic needed. Xena's birthday present to Gabrielle is to take her to a recitation by Sappho (!), and when they can't make it due to plot complications, she reads her a love poem herself instead. Then they quite literally fly off into the sunset, courtesy of some of Hermes' hardware. I prefer to think of that ep as the series finale, rather than the miserable Japanese eps.
Does this mean a return to the theory that the Moon was scraped out of what's now the Pacific basin? IIRC, that was one of the earliest theories for its origin, sometime in the nineteenth century.
Only a moron with a complete lack of understanding of the proper role of government could get from "not all races are equal" to "the poor and minorities must be sterilized for the good of society". Unfortunately, that describes the vast majority of people today. The question is thus, do we (attempt to) suppress research that will definitely save many lives on the off chance that stupid people will misuse it in ways that may cost some lives?
Um, why isn't it a .mil? When I was a contractor for the Army at Ft. Knox, my address was a .mil.
Aaaaaah!
Also the atomic weight of Uranium. You want either U-235 or U-238 (presumably the former). U-237 is an artifical isotope with no practical use.
I'd like to see the real statistics involved (number of letters in various times to reply). It sounds like it might be a power-law distribution, but with coverage this lame, it's hard to tell.
You know what it would really do? Make people shift to anonymous OSS. Write your tools on your own box (in an encrypted partition) and distribute them via Freenet, and there's not a thing the Man can do about it.
I also suggest browsing the back issues of Rands in Repose, another blog about IT management.
Yes, frankly. Two-sticking ala Goldeneye is tolerable, at least for a fairly simple FPS, but having easy access to dozens of keys for things like weapon switching, and having a mouse which can aim far more accurately than a joystick, still makes for a far better experience.
OK, I must be on crack today--the lame article is at zdnet, not the LA Times. My point still stands tho.
The link in the post goes to a LA Times summary of the article. The real article is at Wired.
The other bands in my Symphonic Metal genre in iTunes are: Andromeda, Demons & Wizards, Pagan's Mind, Sonata Arctica, and Zeroesque. Not all of these are of equal quality--Zeroesque's album in particular quickly degenerates into this awful jazz shit in the later tracks--but they were all good enough for me to keep around. Otherwise, I suggest browsing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphonic_metal and related pages.
BTW, I got into symphonic metal through progressive rock, a lot of which shares some similarities. You might give Dream Theater a try and see if you'll like prog too.
Do you consider 1 to be a prime? If not, please stay downwind.
Both, now that you mention it, though I was initially talking about their support for the RIAA. Me, I can't stand thrash metal--I've been getting into symphonic/epic metal lately, Nightwish and Blind Guardian and so on.
Metallica are in it purely for the money--they are one of the few bands out there that gets a significant portion of album sales (50%, IIRC). I don't know what kind of deal Eminem gets, but I wouldn't be surprised it it's similar.
Sorta. The dead one is a lesbian, and has/had a huge crush on the live one, who isn't (at least according to herself).
Case in point: HEX, one of the best shows I've seen in years. Anyone else here watch it?
Certainly--he'll try anything sexual!
This story's been up almost twelve hours, and no one's said anything about "going down" and "coming up"? What's wrong with you people?
In the very last paragraph, it mentions Bram dropping by an old Bell Labs friend to talk about "satisfiability testing". If they're talking about 3SAT, does this mean he's working on P-NP?
Is there a standard yet for putting SVCD-quality content on DVD-ROMs? It seems it would be an easy way to double or triple the amount of video with only a small hit in quality.