Informative post. The only part I don't get is why I am forced by the satellite companies to only get my local affiliates rather than any of their other city affiliates. For example, I like to get the Washington DC locals but I can't because I live in Phoenix. If it's coming from space, why is it regulated in this respect?
AJAX and signed applets complement each other nicely. Use AJAX to do the work that needs to be done quickly to keep the user's attention and use signed applets to do the heavy lifting in the background. Key to this relationship is the JSObject class.
I archive everything that I probably can't get in a store in a few years. Why have Season 1 of the X-Files taking up space when Best Buy is already archiving it for me? The best things to archive are the old cartoons that aren't politically correct anymore, funny or propaganda commercials (anti-drug), and live events like news. The best is NFL football so you don't have to watch the edit job done by NFL Films later on.
Is Alan Greenspan a scientist? No which means I don't care what he thinks when it comes to technological progress. Aside from that fact, ethanol is a sorry bandaid to subsidize the farming corporations. How much energy is used to create the ethanol and where does that come from? Same question for Hydrogen. The ONLY acceptable solution is solar so we should be working on increasing the efficiencies of it rather than pretending we are going to be saved by the magic ethanol or hydrogen bullet. Please no pro-nuclear flames, I'll save that for another rant. However, in the interim, Brazil is an excellent example of progress on our way to energy independence so my thanks for pointing it out.
He's listed as the primary examiner on this absurd patent as well as this one covered here last June. Anyone have a USPTO org. chart so the link to this thread can be forwarded to his boss? Hold these "individuals" accountable, don't just bitch about the USPTO as a whole.
I was thinking Download Abuse Resistance Education but CARE has such as nice PR ring to it. I'm sure this program will be about as effective as DARE too.
It's good to know that I get their product for 24 hours but they get my bandwidth for 30 days. I don't mind using my bandwidth to share with my peers using P2P when it's an open torrent but if they want me to pay for the show and continue distributing it for them for 30 days, they are crazy. If we're stuck with the expiration rule, the clock should at least start when the user stops sharing it. Either that or subsidize my broadband.
If you're an honest person and you don't do the crime, then whatever penalties are irrelevant.
What if I am an honest person that doesn't agree that an act that doesn't financially benefit me nor directly harm an individual is a crime? It's just that the notion of "The Right Thing" is something that widely varies from person to person. This reminds me of people who say that drug testing everyone is fine because if you don't have anything to hide, you won't mind.
I use the API argument myself because it does make a lot of sense. With that said, I trust that nature knows what it is doing via it's own API (breeding) whereas mankind is more prone to just thinking we know what we are doing via a hacked API (GM).
Actually, in Bin Laden's rationale, he is promoting his people's freedom by attacking the country that has, in his opinion, exploited his country and culture. It has nothing to do with hating freedom or revenge.
The parallel being drawn by the original poster is how our FF privately organized to form a rebellion against a colonial nation which was exploiting our country in various ways including taxes. Obviously, the exploitation of the Middle East by western corporations is different just as these "insurgents" are different from our FF. The underlying principle is similar though.
Great analogy since coal is so environmentally friendly too. How many people are killed each year in clean energy accidents? The problem is a lack of efficiency with current solar and wind technologies. Perhaps we could focus on that problem. Then again, if all of you pro-nuclear advocates would volunteer to store the waste in your basement, I would take your lack of safety concerns more seriously.
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Informative post. The only part I don't get is why I am forced by the satellite companies to only get my local affiliates rather than any of their other city affiliates. For example, I like to get the Washington DC locals but I can't because I live in Phoenix. If it's coming from space, why is it regulated in this respect?
AJAX and signed applets complement each other nicely. Use AJAX to do the work that needs to be done quickly to keep the user's attention and use signed applets to do the heavy lifting in the background. Key to this relationship is the JSObject class.
Not so far fetched...
Bottom line: humans can/will acquire resistance to the disease.
The last estimate I read was that humans would acquire resistance after about 40 more generations.
I archive everything that I probably can't get in a store in a few years. Why have Season 1 of the X-Files taking up space when Best Buy is already archiving it for me? The best things to archive are the old cartoons that aren't politically correct anymore, funny or propaganda commercials (anti-drug), and live events like news. The best is NFL football so you don't have to watch the edit job done by NFL Films later on.
Einstein is always depicted as an flawless icon in our pop culture. Great Physicist yes but 214,000 people might disagree on the great person part.
Is Alan Greenspan a scientist? No which means I don't care what he thinks when it comes to technological progress. Aside from that fact, ethanol is a sorry bandaid to subsidize the farming corporations. How much energy is used to create the ethanol and where does that come from? Same question for Hydrogen. The ONLY acceptable solution is solar so we should be working on increasing the efficiencies of it rather than pretending we are going to be saved by the magic ethanol or hydrogen bullet. Please no pro-nuclear flames, I'll save that for another rant. However, in the interim, Brazil is an excellent example of progress on our way to energy independence so my thanks for pointing it out.
Why the grandparent is modded as Interesting, I'll never know.
He's listed as the primary examiner on this absurd patent as well as this one covered here last June. Anyone have a USPTO org. chart so the link to this thread can be forwarded to his boss? Hold these "individuals" accountable, don't just bitch about the USPTO as a whole.
I was thinking Download Abuse Resistance Education but CARE has such as nice PR ring to it. I'm sure this program will be about as effective as DARE too.
It's good to know that I get their product for 24 hours but they get my bandwidth for 30 days. I don't mind using my bandwidth to share with my peers using P2P when it's an open torrent but if they want me to pay for the show and continue distributing it for them for 30 days, they are crazy. If we're stuck with the expiration rule, the clock should at least start when the user stops sharing it. Either that or subsidize my broadband.
I'll trade you a Vint Cerf for 2 DBA's and a Project Manager.
In Soviet Russia, spam deletes you.
I can identify my boss's footsteps in a high traffic area at least 20 yards away to trigger an Alt-Tab.
I guess they took a lesson from the DARE program for gettings kids to rat out friends/family.
If you're an honest person and you don't do the crime, then whatever penalties are irrelevant.
What if I am an honest person that doesn't agree that an act that doesn't financially benefit me nor directly harm an individual is a crime? It's just that the notion of "The Right Thing" is something that widely varies from person to person. This reminds me of people who say that drug testing everyone is fine because if you don't have anything to hide, you won't mind.
He was just "keeping it real" in the offtime between his AOL and T-Mobile commercials.
Eat Puff Daddy too for making that horrid Zeppelin remix on the soundtrack.
I use the API argument myself because it does make a lot of sense. With that said, I trust that nature knows what it is doing via it's own API (breeding) whereas mankind is more prone to just thinking we know what we are doing via a hacked API (GM).
Actually, in Bin Laden's rationale, he is promoting his people's freedom by attacking the country that has, in his opinion, exploited his country and culture. It has nothing to do with hating freedom or revenge.
The parallel being drawn by the original poster is how our FF privately organized to form a rebellion against a colonial nation which was exploiting our country in various ways including taxes. Obviously, the exploitation of the Middle East by western corporations is different just as these "insurgents" are different from our FF. The underlying principle is similar though.
Israel hasn't been consistent in their policies, to say the least. Any times of peace were just used by the Palestinians to re-arm.
If only the Palestinians had the same luxury of being constantly supplied with weapons through US government "aid".
We are at war. Our country needs to be unified behind our furor. So why do you hate Germany?
Great analogy since coal is so environmentally friendly too. How many people are killed each year in clean energy accidents? The problem is a lack of efficiency with current solar and wind technologies. Perhaps we could focus on that problem. Then again, if all of you pro-nuclear advocates would volunteer to store the waste in your basement, I would take your lack of safety concerns more seriously.
Yeah, that US Supreme Court is sure a bunch of irrational fanboys.
Why should we leave? I would rather take back my country.