Well, they could have their B-5 PSI Corps: Porn-Sleuthing-Infomatics. They would be hired specially, and they would work in a "dungeon", protected by humans, multiple-access security doors, and lasers.
Now, anyone issuing or initiating a suit is disgruntled, burned-out ex-employee.
No, not stoned, but what is fucked up about thrashdot is how a score can go to zero redundant from 5 insightful/5 interesting. I even deliberately (the last few months) select NO KARMA/NO SUBSCRIBER just to convince myself that i'm not getting "brownie points" for my commentary.
It would seem someone with an axe to grind is in a position to systematically "cut down someone" either through mod capability, or through group efforts. Slashdot scoring would have more credibility if it graphically showed the tracking of a changed score so that others can offset the deleterious "asshole-moderator" effect when it happens.
And, to say my commentary was redundant. There was no other submission preceding mine. Yet, MINE got cut down to redundant. That is the sign of a fucked system, or a set of fucked, agitated minds skewing a flawed system. It's not the FIRST time it's happened to me. Maybe i don't fit the political mindset of the typical slasher, but...
So, how will msoft book the cash? Say, "BOOK 'EM, DANNO!"?, Will we call someone there "Wo Fat?" Hmmm, maybe msoft can call the program "soft-fat"...
At any rate, Yahoo! et al can bring up Fat-Wallet & wave it around and maybe drive down msoft's stock... Payback can be a byatch... Someone is probably ducking from another chair for saying in the board room "If you think it's butter, but it's NOT..."....
Sounds more like "thrash-back" instead of "cash-back". I hope Yahoo!'s board and investors breathe a collective sigh of relief that they have a new magic bullet to fend of Murdoch and msoft. What bullet? Offer the shoppers the same "benefit" that ms is seemingly thrashing about with. It's is analogous to the paper rebates in many respects.
Ha! So, now, once again, msoft is showing it is POOR at innovating. Yet ANOTHER reason Yahoo! needs to vigorously resist this attempted shotgun rape, umm, wedding. And, resistance can be in the form of further open-sourcing or threatening more open-sourcing to keep msoft and it's wealthy minion mouth-pieces at bay.
Now, Yahoo! and Google can globally offer what mshaft is seemingly wanting to offer only to US residents or CONUS-based purchases. Maybe it is the case that msoft IS globally offering "thrash-backs" in each country, but that might not be tenable considering how relatively low prices *might* be in non-CONUS consumer markets. But, Yahoo! and Google together, and with Baidu, and, say, CyWorld, and the analogs in Japan, Taiwan, etc, can do a REAL SLAM-DUNK whammo on msoft.
GO YAHOO!, GOOGLE, BAIDU, YAHOO! JAPAN, CYWORLD, et al. DO IT. DO IT!
And, dance, thresh, thrash, and jig at msoft's expense to the tune of:
"Microsoft is like a bad restaurant - no matter what the incentive, you don't want to eat there. Their product isn't working and their share of the market proves that." "
Maybe msoft should consider a saying one of my friends (Chinese and Vietnamese) said about Chinese restaurants: "The dirtier the bathroom, the better the food." But, then, is there an anallog in msoft's case? They've pretty much beaten black and blue their customers, partners and suppliers. What's next, turning them into food chips? Will we hear, "MICROSOFT IS PEEEEE-POHL"? (ala "Soylent Green")
That might explain why san fransideshow will continue to have blight-raggedy-assed buildings in existence, with innards just plastered and sealed up to "look" new, but not be new. Sounds like reinforcing superfund/toxic sites to me.
But, at least for seniors and some low-income people, there are NEW habitats build where some older buildings have been torn down or which burned down and toxics removals was a non-issue. Short of raggedy-shit burning down, it might be relatively impossible for some of the more infested, embarrassing-but-income-tax-revenue-generating properties will linger on.
It would be interesting to see which states/nations would line up behind the experiment. However, there are risks that could occur:
-- actively destructive, non-retired enemies of states could take up or be provided shelter
-- pedophiles or wealthy murderers could take up or be provided shelter
-- run of the mill scofflaws might take up shelter
-- political asylum seekers might be rejected
-- "assholic" governments might place punitive sanctions upon sponsoring nations or states
-- "assholic" governments might stage military exercises and "lose control" of weapons "intersecting" downrange on the floating structure
-- "assholic" governments might impose cripping, untenable delays upon cruise ships laying over or mooring at or anchoring off of or even while on-the-go ferrying pax to/from the facility, just to economically derail or sink tourist attraction options.
But, the last one could be legally challenged if the tourist attraction route proves lucrative. After all, as long as the vessels are T-Ray (is that the one)-scanned, or CAT-scanned, the false argument of security threats could be slapped down.
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After all, recall the big hue and cry over the attempt by Bahrain companies to control US ports. The uproar by the US congress or whomever was blatantly and patently disingenuous and failed to tell the public that MOST of the US-based corporations are UK-owned, followed by Germany, some other European nations, Japan, and, increasingly, China. The US GOVERNMENT (supposedly) owns the ports, and PAYS for the jobs securing the ports. Which companies get teh contracts to secure the facilities is a separate matter/question.
Nobody makes a huge stink about that. Moreover, US shipping companies would make NO profit in OWNING the ship docks or ports, so they just license unloading and pierside rights. (Read that from some mag or book that discussed lies and myths about US security concerns...)
If France or Japan would provide a de-milled nuclear power cell (assuming wave currents capturing generators aren't used), and if other nations wanted for nose-thumbing reasons to support it, then various nations could divert funds to sponsoring the project AND a small flotilla of police craft that could enforce a no-warship-within-50 nautical miles limit. Wont' stop the US or other nations wanting the ability to pounce or sink the platform, but it could keep it off limits to governments deigning to conduct boarding and search raids and "health and comfort inspections" and such.
It's time to experiment with higher-zero-sovereignty platforms to change the increasingly-stupid nation-state design.
Possibly humorous, but then, maybe some maritime companies could find business in this (politics aside...)...
I would posit the notion of scientific research modules (as opposed to floor-mounted habitats at great depths). I realize this is something that might work better in my tiny little sci-fi world. But, these might also serve as recreational and tourist attractions, or as mid-point layovers for passenger ships that might want to ferry passengers who want to minutely plan their trips and still avoid unfriendly nations.
If one of these were built, and if i had my own billions, there'd be wrath upon ANYone trying to declare my abode non-sovereign. There has come the time when nations need to be reigned in to SOME point, and where a passport acts ONLY as proof of citizenship, not as a means to deny re-entry to one's place of birth, and not as a means to prevent one from exiting (provided no real or tangible crimes have been committed. Of course, there's nothing to stop nations from fabricating crimes or committing outright character assassination or incarceration or murder against people who decry onerous expectations of citizens. I was born here, at The Presidio, served 4 years in the USN and I damned well shall retain my right to call a spade a spade and fools fools and not have my citizenship stripped just because of that.
I'm a citizen of Earth and a legal resident of where ever I work and pay my taxes. So long as I'm not killing, maiming, stealing, or destroying physical property no nation should deny me (or others) free (but crime-free) travel. After all, consider that in 200 years or so or when/if we achieve space travel (as in Trek), what value will fiefdom-like "state" borders have?
I don't Free Base... I use (cue angelic/Tantric/Buddhist music...) da Lotus Approach.
DBF IV, relational front end... works with multitudes of backends, imports to and exports from them... WYSIWYG GUI.
Just sucks because IBM won't open up what it DOES own, and Approach (while is or at one time was sold separately in Japan, where SmartSuite was "Super Office") is stuck in SmartSuite, requiring windoze, won't run under WINE (not with my lowly skillz), and has no capability of stand-alone executable binaries...
But, for those who have half-a-leg in windoze, the other in Linux, and want a hella nice WYSIWYG GUI that can open MySQL (and other) tables, need decent (but basic) table linking... it comes with a slew of single database tables as well as linked projects samples. Even on-line there are free or near-free medical, rental, mental health and numerous other user-created apps, and user-supported and professional (free and paid) developers who moderate the support groups. Just query Approach Users Groups.
Approach is what ooBASE should have looked like-- 4 or 7 YEARS ago... Thanks, IBM, oo.ooo (not-created-here) and others...
The sensor, when gripped in the a form inched in man her, causes flexation and convulsion in the Real Doll, the laptop the One-Laptop-Per-Loin, or other impecunious hard-core geek-inspired devvisses, providing tactile and tactical feed back to the holder or operator.
A plurality of conduction and convection transmit signals respond to the plurality of user-fed digital impulses into the squish-pad...
"Otherwise, the (EARTH)populace (less the non-major-stage-actors and less the smaller locales that behave as family rather than power-seekers.... maybe some better intelligence might emerge...) deserves to be wiped out by plague, pestilence, famine, nature, or even any pot-shot-taking ETs that happen to notice our repugnant leaders and, worse, our general total ineffectiveness to reign in the corrupt."
(Need to clarify that before anyone fails to grasp the context and assume I'm saying "come and WHIPE OUT the HYOOSEESSSAAA"... All this makes me want to once again watch "Save the Green Planet"...)
Hell, every single time the US apparatus kills a non-merkun, that is animosity generated SOMEwhere, and it puts a fucking bulls eye on MY back. Going to wrong place, or just having visible a US passport not only increases the risk of being accosted, grabbed, or killed (not to mention having prices jacked up at the sound of my voice or sight of my gait or clothing or body language) makes me a target, NOT solely because of the passport but for being called a 'merkun.
A life is a life, at the individual level. It's only different for those who have bigger guns, pussies for a population, and laws to jail or contain those who speak out.
LET ME DECIDE what I'll watch. So far, to my recollection, i have YET to bother watching the beheading of any nationality. Not out of respect for the dead, but just because of personal preference to not make it a thing to do or repeat.
If the USA doesn't want to see 'merkuns coming home in body bags nor be executed/murdered/butchered, then all it has to do is stop bombing, stop killing, and stop strong-arming and stop acting as if people who have grievances against the US don't have to right to get some rep. The more repugnant the public finds the ACT of murder (as opposed to recoiling over the mere existence of a video that depicts the murder) then maybe the more backbone the 'merkun people will grow out of concern for it's IMAGE.
Right now, we do NOT deserve that much respect. Plain fuckin' period. Trinkets, bravado, money, power, guns, steel, rockets, and freedom for me don't mean SHIT when some asshole decides to kill in my name, steal in my name, plunder in my name, and risk my well being to keep goods rolling and oil flowing when MOST of the bullshit is something i OUGHT not be buying in the first place, or certainly could buy less of it.
There. I speak for myself, even if others agree. Sometimes, I'll assert my opinion has a moral priority over others', and with or without agreement, i will stand my ground. Don't FUCKING KILL in MY name and expect me to ignore it or forgive it or play like every single one of the attacked was wrong or was a threat to ME or even "the system". Otherwise, the populace deserves to be wiped out by plague, pestilence, famine, nature, or even any pot-shot-taking ETs that happen to notice our repugnant leaders and, worse, our general total ineffectiveness to reign in the corrupt.
Congress and the Senate need to remember that when you tell someone NOT to see a movie, they go see it. Assigning an R-Rating to a movie or film just increases viewership. Leaving it UNRATED might do even more to increase viewership.
But, teach the kids Tai Chi and conflict resolution might turn the US in Pussy Nbr 1. ThAT is some the US elite/investors/domestic and international owners won't want to be #1 in... They don't want to be "Uncle Same Gets Jacked"... it would be soo sad... so sad...
An injection molding company can catalog the popular laptop form factors, or it can custom-make rubber bases with a Play-dough-like hand area. Insert hand, hang on to laptop.
If this doesn't exist, and it is copied, i still reserve the right to at a later date implement my idea, whether or not a patent is out there. Don't like it, TOUGH!
Hands down, this has got to be the most hands-wringing bullshit to come out of the USPTO if this is/were only about putting hands on a laptop. If it is, i'm going to get hot wax, palm my lappy, and make lasting impressions upon it.
Hell, the shareholders with BRAINS can already see that microsoft can't innovate its way out of a vapor-ware paperbag. If microsoft can so effectively innovate, then they would not need to buy Yahoo! at all. I hope Yang and company see this as microsoft's desperation. Murdoch ought to see this, too, but obviously he's either beholden to mshaft in some way, or just in it for money as usual like others fattening their troves.
You know, it shouldn't have been Yahoo! stock that dropped when mshaft pulled out. Mshaft's stock should drop by 45% JUST BECAUSE they are showing they cannot innovate, almost always using some dirty trick in the book or acquiring and shutting down most companies.
Jerry and troops, and sensible shareholders, hang tough. You've got assets msoft wants, doesn't deserve, and needs to compete fairly for the value of your customers. If they want your customers, make them work their tails off to convert them. Don't sell out!
Well, i don't play ms soliscare. It invariably kicked my ass so much i came to loathe it, and i even began to wonder if ms coded in such a way that it reflects their ambition to win, kill or destroy in order to stay on top.
i prefer Pysol, but i don't think it's available for windoze. I played it on the play, and people looked. Is there Pysol for windows? If not, why not. People need to be exposed to Pysol. It's got music, multitudes of variations of solitaire games to play, and is just cool.
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Well, they could have their B-5 PSI Corps: Porn-Sleuthing-Infomatics. They would be hired specially, and they would work in a "dungeon", protected by humans, multiple-access security doors, and lasers.
Now, anyone issuing or initiating a suit is disgruntled, burned-out ex-employee.
No, not stoned, but what is fucked up about thrashdot is how a score can go to zero redundant from 5 insightful/5 interesting. I even deliberately (the last few months) select NO KARMA/NO SUBSCRIBER just to convince myself that i'm not getting "brownie points" for my commentary.
It would seem someone with an axe to grind is in a position to systematically "cut down someone" either through mod capability, or through group efforts. Slashdot scoring would have more credibility if it graphically showed the tracking of a changed score so that others can offset the deleterious "asshole-moderator" effect when it happens.
And, to say my commentary was redundant. There was no other submission preceding mine. Yet, MINE got cut down to redundant. That is the sign of a fucked system, or a set of fucked, agitated minds skewing a flawed system. It's not the FIRST time it's happened to me. Maybe i don't fit the political mindset of the typical slasher, but...
Hmmmm. Seems i confused Murdoch with Carl Icann... but, apparently...
So, how will msoft book the cash? Say, "BOOK 'EM, DANNO!"?, Will we call someone there "Wo Fat?" Hmmm, maybe msoft can call the program "soft-fat"...
At any rate, Yahoo! et al can bring up Fat-Wallet & wave it around and maybe drive down msoft's stock... Payback can be a byatch... Someone is probably ducking from another chair for saying in the board room "If you think it's butter, but it's NOT..."....
Sounds more like "thrash-back" instead of "cash-back". I hope Yahoo!'s board and investors breathe a collective sigh of relief that they have a new magic bullet to fend of Murdoch and msoft. What bullet? Offer the shoppers the same "benefit" that ms is seemingly thrashing about with. It's is analogous to the paper rebates in many respects.
Ha! So, now, once again, msoft is showing it is POOR at innovating. Yet ANOTHER reason Yahoo! needs to vigorously resist this attempted shotgun rape, umm, wedding. And, resistance can be in the form of further open-sourcing or threatening more open-sourcing to keep msoft and it's wealthy minion mouth-pieces at bay.
Now, Yahoo! and Google can globally offer what mshaft is seemingly wanting to offer only to US residents or CONUS-based purchases. Maybe it is the case that msoft IS globally offering "thrash-backs" in each country, but that might not be tenable considering how relatively low prices *might* be in non-CONUS consumer markets. But, Yahoo! and Google together, and with Baidu, and, say, CyWorld, and the analogs in Japan, Taiwan, etc, can do a REAL SLAM-DUNK whammo on msoft.
GO YAHOO!, GOOGLE, BAIDU, YAHOO! JAPAN, CYWORLD, et al. DO IT. DO IT!
And, dance, thresh, thrash, and jig at msoft's expense to the tune of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2yCgO1vRT8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_It_('Til_You're_Satisfied)
COOKIE WARNING FOR SITE BELOW:
http://www.lyricstime.com/cookie.php
But, I laughed reading the following:
"much better."
"Microsoft is like a bad restaurant - no matter what the incentive, you don't want to eat there. Their product isn't working and their share of the market proves that." "
Maybe msoft should consider a saying one of my friends (Chinese and Vietnamese) said about Chinese restaurants: "The dirtier the bathroom, the better the food." But, then, is there an anallog in msoft's case? They've pretty much beaten black and blue their customers, partners and suppliers. What's next, turning them into food chips? Will we hear, "MICROSOFT IS PEEEEE-POHL"? (ala "Soylent Green")
Hmmm... let's make such a device...
The biggest cause of death is.... LIFE!
TUBULAR, all those things that COULD have asbestos... I can breathe easier, now. Won't sniff my nose at who knows what might have asbestos...
And, as for your sig, I at first saw:
"--impeach, indict, incENERATE", hehehehe...
That might explain why san fransideshow will continue to have blight-raggedy-assed buildings in existence, with innards just plastered and sealed up to "look" new, but not be new. Sounds like reinforcing superfund/toxic sites to me.
But, at least for seniors and some low-income people, there are NEW habitats build where some older buildings have been torn down or which burned down and toxics removals was a non-issue. Short of raggedy-shit burning down, it might be relatively impossible for some of the more infested, embarrassing-but-income-tax-revenue-generating properties will linger on.
It would be interesting to see which states/nations would line up behind the experiment. However, there are risks that could occur:
-- actively destructive, non-retired enemies of states could take up or be provided shelter
-- pedophiles or wealthy murderers could take up or be provided shelter
-- run of the mill scofflaws might take up shelter
-- political asylum seekers might be rejected
-- "assholic" governments might place punitive sanctions upon sponsoring nations or states
-- "assholic" governments might stage military exercises and "lose control" of weapons "intersecting" downrange on the floating structure
-- "assholic" governments might impose cripping, untenable delays upon cruise ships laying over or mooring at or anchoring off of or even while on-the-go ferrying pax to/from the facility, just to economically derail or sink tourist attraction options.
But, the last one could be legally challenged if the tourist attraction route proves lucrative. After all, as long as the vessels are T-Ray (is that the one)-scanned, or CAT-scanned, the false argument of security threats could be slapped down.
----
After all, recall the big hue and cry over the attempt by Bahrain companies to control US ports. The uproar by the US congress or whomever was blatantly and patently disingenuous and failed to tell the public that MOST of the US-based corporations are UK-owned, followed by Germany, some other European nations, Japan, and, increasingly, China. The US GOVERNMENT (supposedly) owns the ports, and PAYS for the jobs securing the ports. Which companies get teh contracts to secure the facilities is a separate matter/question.
Nobody makes a huge stink about that. Moreover, US shipping companies would make NO profit in OWNING the ship docks or ports, so they just license unloading and pierside rights. (Read that from some mag or book that discussed lies and myths about US security concerns...)
If France or Japan would provide a de-milled nuclear power cell (assuming wave currents capturing generators aren't used), and if other nations wanted for nose-thumbing reasons to support it, then various nations could divert funds to sponsoring the project AND a small flotilla of police craft that could enforce a no-warship-within-50 nautical miles limit. Wont' stop the US or other nations wanting the ability to pounce or sink the platform, but it could keep it off limits to governments deigning to conduct boarding and search raids and "health and comfort inspections" and such.
It's time to experiment with higher-zero-sovereignty platforms to change the increasingly-stupid nation-state design.
Just my two planktons'-cents worth.
Possibly humorous, but then, maybe some maritime companies could find business in this (politics aside...)...
I would posit the notion of scientific research modules (as opposed to floor-mounted habitats at great depths). I realize this is something that might work better in my tiny little sci-fi world. But, these might also serve as recreational and tourist attractions, or as mid-point layovers for passenger ships that might want to ferry passengers who want to minutely plan their trips and still avoid unfriendly nations.
If one of these were built, and if i had my own billions, there'd be wrath upon ANYone trying to declare my abode non-sovereign. There has come the time when nations need to be reigned in to SOME point, and where a passport acts ONLY as proof of citizenship, not as a means to deny re-entry to one's place of birth, and not as a means to prevent one from exiting (provided no real or tangible crimes have been committed. Of course, there's nothing to stop nations from fabricating crimes or committing outright character assassination or incarceration or murder against people who decry onerous expectations of citizens. I was born here, at The Presidio, served 4 years in the USN and I damned well shall retain my right to call a spade a spade and fools fools and not have my citizenship stripped just because of that.
I'm a citizen of Earth and a legal resident of where ever I work and pay my taxes. So long as I'm not killing, maiming, stealing, or destroying physical property no nation should deny me (or others) free (but crime-free) travel. After all, consider that in 200 years or so or when/if we achieve space travel (as in Trek), what value will fiefdom-like "state" borders have?
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news/2008/05/seasteading?currentPage=all
Some real/some tongue-in-cheek micronations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_micronations
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Another interesting case:
http://www.sealandgov.org/history.html
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I don't Free Base... I use (cue angelic/Tantric/Buddhist music...) da Lotus Approach.
DBF IV, relational front end... works with multitudes of backends, imports to and exports from them... WYSIWYG GUI.
Just sucks because IBM won't open up what it DOES own, and Approach (while is or at one time was sold separately in Japan, where SmartSuite was "Super Office") is stuck in SmartSuite, requiring windoze, won't run under WINE (not with my lowly skillz), and has no capability of stand-alone executable binaries...
But, for those who have half-a-leg in windoze, the other in Linux, and want a hella nice WYSIWYG GUI that can open MySQL (and other) tables, need decent (but basic) table linking... it comes with a slew of single database tables as well as linked projects samples. Even on-line there are free or near-free medical, rental, mental health and numerous other user-created apps, and user-supported and professional (free and paid) developers who moderate the support groups. Just query Approach Users Groups.
Approach is what ooBASE should have looked like-- 4 or 7 YEARS ago... Thanks, IBM, oo.ooo (not-created-here) and others...
lube up our asses...
Meanwhile, gas is around $4.59 in some palaces... umm, places in the US...
The sensor, when gripped in the a form inched in man her, causes flexation and convulsion in the Real Doll, the laptop the One-Laptop-Per-Loin, or other impecunious hard-core geek-inspired devvisses, providing tactile and tactical feed back to the holder or operator.
A plurality of conduction and convection transmit signals respond to the plurality of user-fed digital impulses into the squish-pad...
Clarification/Amplification:
"Otherwise, the (EARTH)populace (less the non-major-stage-actors and less the smaller locales that behave as family rather than power-seekers.... maybe some better intelligence might emerge...) deserves to be wiped out by plague, pestilence, famine, nature, or even any pot-shot-taking ETs that happen to notice our repugnant leaders and, worse, our general total ineffectiveness to reign in the corrupt."
(Need to clarify that before anyone fails to grasp the context and assume I'm saying "come and WHIPE OUT the HYOOSEESSSAAA"... All this makes me want to once again watch "Save the Green Planet"...)
Hell, every single time the US apparatus kills a non-merkun, that is animosity generated SOMEwhere, and it puts a fucking bulls eye on MY back. Going to wrong place, or just having visible a US passport not only increases the risk of being accosted, grabbed, or killed (not to mention having prices jacked up at the sound of my voice or sight of my gait or clothing or body language) makes me a target, NOT solely because of the passport but for being called a 'merkun.
A life is a life, at the individual level. It's only different for those who have bigger guns, pussies for a population, and laws to jail or contain those who speak out.
LET ME DECIDE what I'll watch. So far, to my recollection, i have YET to bother watching the beheading of any nationality. Not out of respect for the dead, but just because of personal preference to not make it a thing to do or repeat.
If the USA doesn't want to see 'merkuns coming home in body bags nor be executed/murdered/butchered, then all it has to do is stop bombing, stop killing, and stop strong-arming and stop acting as if people who have grievances against the US don't have to right to get some rep. The more repugnant the public finds the ACT of murder (as opposed to recoiling over the mere existence of a video that depicts the murder) then maybe the more backbone the 'merkun people will grow out of concern for it's IMAGE.
Right now, we do NOT deserve that much respect. Plain fuckin' period. Trinkets, bravado, money, power, guns, steel, rockets, and freedom for me don't mean SHIT when some asshole decides to kill in my name, steal in my name, plunder in my name, and risk my well being to keep goods rolling and oil flowing when MOST of the bullshit is something i OUGHT not be buying in the first place, or certainly could buy less of it.
There. I speak for myself, even if others agree. Sometimes, I'll assert my opinion has a moral priority over others', and with or without agreement, i will stand my ground. Don't FUCKING KILL in MY name and expect me to ignore it or forgive it or play like every single one of the attacked was wrong or was a threat to ME or even "the system". Otherwise, the populace deserves to be wiped out by plague, pestilence, famine, nature, or even any pot-shot-taking ETs that happen to notice our repugnant leaders and, worse, our general total ineffectiveness to reign in the corrupt.
Congress and the Senate need to remember that when you tell someone NOT to see a movie, they go see it. Assigning an R-Rating to a movie or film just increases viewership. Leaving it UNRATED might do even more to increase viewership.
gets a cap bust in his/her ass:
http://www.myspace.com/justkiddingfilms
But, teach the kids Tai Chi and conflict resolution might turn the US in Pussy Nbr 1. ThAT is some the US elite/investors/domestic and international owners won't want to be #1 in... They don't want to be "Uncle Same Gets Jacked"... it would be soo sad... so sad...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ0xmEPBCJE
of CONgress being the opposite of PROgress?
Or, do we blame it on the "mil", or on the US govt/"leadership" "expeditionary/surrender no options" mentality?
An injection molding company can catalog the popular laptop form factors, or it can custom-make rubber bases with a Play-dough-like hand area. Insert hand, hang on to laptop.
If this doesn't exist, and it is copied, i still reserve the right to at a later date implement my idea, whether or not a patent is out there. Don't like it, TOUGH!
Hands down, this has got to be the most hands-wringing bullshit to come out of the USPTO if this is/were only about putting hands on a laptop. If it is, i'm going to get hot wax, palm my lappy, and make lasting impressions upon it.
No patent will lay hands on ME or my lappy!
Hell, the shareholders with BRAINS can already see that microsoft can't innovate its way out of a vapor-ware paperbag. If microsoft can so effectively innovate, then they would not need to buy Yahoo! at all. I hope Yang and company see this as microsoft's desperation. Murdoch ought to see this, too, but obviously he's either beholden to mshaft in some way, or just in it for money as usual like others fattening their troves.
You know, it shouldn't have been Yahoo! stock that dropped when mshaft pulled out. Mshaft's stock should drop by 45% JUST BECAUSE they are showing they cannot innovate, almost always using some dirty trick in the book or acquiring and shutting down most companies.
Jerry and troops, and sensible shareholders, hang tough. You've got assets msoft wants, doesn't deserve, and needs to compete fairly for the value of your customers. If they want your customers, make them work their tails off to convert them. Don't sell out!
Well, i don't play ms soliscare. It invariably kicked my ass so much i came to loathe it, and i even began to wonder if ms coded in such a way that it reflects their ambition to win, kill or destroy in order to stay on top.
i prefer Pysol, but i don't think it's available for windoze. I played it on the play, and people looked. Is there Pysol for windows? If not, why not. People need to be exposed to Pysol. It's got music, multitudes of variations of solitaire games to play, and is just cool.
My cards on the table...
-Equal
-Neutral(trasweet), or
-(Aser)Tame?
If they add Sugar CRM, will it be SCHWEET?
Life..."
Send them to the 'Chair Force'...
They seem to want computers, foreign and domestic, these days...