I believe every city in America should make composting/recycling mandatory. We should be attempting to reduce/reuse/recycle as much as possible. It is not too difficult to put cans/glass/plastic in one container, paper in another, and compost-able items in another. Our future (and I'm not just talking about the distant future) will thank us for it.
I find it the ultimate irony that the Government is going after Facebook for privacy issues, while all the time attempting to erode our privacy themselves.
What are your opinions/hopes about the future of U.S. Space travel? Do you think we will have another successful program like the Space Shuttle? Do you think privatization of the space travel industry is the key to America's future space success? As a side question, do you think it was a mistake to discontinue the Space Shuttle missions when we don't have a replacement ready?
Who needs them anyway??? Apple is doing a pretty good job (IMHO) of conforming to the crazy rules of the friggin RIAA and MPAA. The iPod/iTunes DRM is pretty lenient compared to some. If they don't want to buy an iPod, then let them buy a Zune or whatever and see how much they enjoy those devices and associated DRM's.
Although I have never touched a link in a book/magazine to get something to happen... I do, however, want to grep for keywords in a book/magazine all the time.
The powers that be keep saying that the terrorists have not won, when in fact they have. They have changed the American way of life forever. Not only are we constantly looking over our shoulder for the "bad guys", but we are also, well at least I am, having to make sure that our own government isn't trying to screw us (e.g., warrentless telephone taps, warrentless bank account searches, no coffee/tea/water on airplanes, etc.).
I REALLY hate to admit these things but that's where we stand today. If we don't keep a tab on the govt. then we may all end up with video cameras in our houses and doing exercises in the morning in front of it.
They did an episode of the Simpsons similar to this story.
The school system ran out of money (for what reason I cannot remember), so some "private organization" took over the school and had a new way of teaching. Turns out, this organization was actually a big corporation in sheeps clothing and they were using the children as market research.
When is the US going to learn that they are NOT the moral center of the universe?!?!?!?
This is just another example of their Gestapo tactics at policing morality. The powers-that-be even take it upon themselves to arrest American citizens who do things in other countries that ARE NOT illegal in those countries but ARE illegal in the US.
Now... you may assume that reading this I am from another country but that is not true. I am American born and bred but I am REALLY getting sick of the Puritans running the show.
I mean... GOD FORBID... if some teenager, or adult for that matter, lipsync or dance to a popular song or play-act with a popular movie or TV show. If they were charging money and calling the work 100% original then that would be one thing, but to show the world that you obviously enjoy that piece of media, for FREE nonetheless, seems to be a win-win situation for everybody.
All I can say is that if this continues, you had better watch out what is playing in the background when you leave somebody a voicemail... if it is copyrighted then it will be off to the pokey for you!!!
I used to work as an Apple Campus Rep. when I was in college and my boss recounted a funny story one day.
It seems that, during the PowerPC heydays, they were visiting the R&D shop at IBM and they noticed an Apple laptop sitting next to a ThinkPad and one of the visiting Apple engineers commented that there was more IBM technology in the Apple laptop than in the ThinkPad.
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I believe every city in America should make composting/recycling mandatory. We should be attempting to reduce/reuse/recycle as much as possible. It is not too difficult to put cans/glass/plastic in one container, paper in another, and compost-able items in another. Our future (and I'm not just talking about the distant future) will thank us for it.
I find it the ultimate irony that the Government is going after Facebook for privacy issues, while all the time attempting to erode our privacy themselves.
That is why I will always use Xubuntu. I don't need any fancy bells and whistles, just the power of Linux.
What are your opinions/hopes about the future of U.S. Space travel? Do you think we will have another successful program like the Space Shuttle? Do you think privatization of the space travel industry is the key to America's future space success? As a side question, do you think it was a mistake to discontinue the Space Shuttle missions when we don't have a replacement ready?
Sweet ... very nice. I bow to the scripting masters. I had to change it to:
[ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && ls -l / || echo "You live"
just to see what would happen.
I use RHEL 4 on my desktop and it works just fine.
Shields To Maximum ...
Darn ... And here I was getting ready to patent sliced bread.
Good riddance to bad rubbish ...
:-P
Who needs them anyway??? Apple is doing a pretty good job (IMHO) of conforming to the crazy rules of the friggin RIAA and MPAA. The iPod/iTunes DRM is pretty lenient compared to some. If they don't want to buy an iPod, then let them buy a Zune or whatever and see how much they enjoy those devices and associated DRM's.
What's next ... the Omega molecule???
Better warn Starfleet!!!
:-D
Although I have never touched a link in a book/magazine to get something to happen ... I do, however, want to grep for keywords in a book/magazine all the time.
Nuff said ...
I TOTALLY agree with this!!!
The powers that be keep saying that the terrorists have not won, when in fact they have. They have changed the American way of life forever. Not only are we constantly looking over our shoulder for the "bad guys", but we are also, well at least I am, having to make sure that our own government isn't trying to screw us (e.g., warrentless telephone taps, warrentless bank account searches, no coffee/tea/water on airplanes, etc.).
I REALLY hate to admit these things but that's where we stand today. If we don't keep a tab on the govt. then we may all end up with video cameras in our houses and doing exercises in the morning in front of it.
Double Plus Good!!!
Since that lecture (intellectual property) is owned by the university I believe that THEY should get this greedy bastard's $2.50 per and NOT him!!!
They did an episode of the Simpsons similar to this story.
;-)
The school system ran out of money (for what reason I cannot remember), so some "private organization" took over the school and had a new way of teaching. Turns out, this organization was actually a big corporation in sheeps clothing and they were using the children as market research.
Hopefully this will turn out better.
When is the US going to learn that they are NOT the moral center of the universe?!?!?!?
... you may assume that reading this I am from another country but that is not true. I am American born and bred but I am REALLY getting sick of the Puritans running the show.
This is just another example of their Gestapo tactics at policing morality. The powers-that-be even take it upon themselves to arrest American citizens who do things in other countries that ARE NOT illegal in those countries but ARE illegal in the US.
Now
I tell ya ... whenever I play Ms PacMac I get totally out of control!!!
... those little dots are just ASKING FOR IT! Sitting there all round and stuff, they know what they are doing. They like it.
... running around all colored and blinking!!!
... I'm getting that funny feeling again.
I mean
And don't even get me started on the ghosts
Uuuuuhhh
I would have done the exact same thing in her position.
/. has a poll for your most hated acronym ... I just can't make ONE choice.
You know, the front page of
How in God's name do you measure something like this?????
Dr. Luka Kovac should be happy.
I COMPLETELY agree with him!
... GOD FORBID ... if some teenager, or adult for that matter, lipsync or dance to a popular song or play-act with a popular movie or TV show. If they were charging money and calling the work 100% original then that would be one thing, but to show the world that you obviously enjoy that piece of media, for FREE nonetheless, seems to be a win-win situation for everybody.
... if it is copyrighted then it will be off to the pokey for you!!!
I mean
All I can say is that if this continues, you had better watch out what is playing in the background when you leave somebody a voicemail
Is this a /. story or a Pirates of the Caribbean plot???
I used to work as an Apple Campus Rep. when I was in college and my boss recounted a funny story one day.
... at least it is funny to me. :-P
It seems that, during the PowerPC heydays, they were visiting the R&D shop at IBM and they noticed an Apple laptop sitting next to a ThinkPad and one of the visiting Apple engineers commented that there was more IBM technology in the Apple laptop than in the ThinkPad.
Well
LOL ... I love it!!!
I absolutely hate the smug-ass, liberally biased news media.