I like a lot of what Ron Paul says. Some of it may actually be workable. How he'd get it past the dinosaurs in Congress I have no idea. I'll still be voting for him in the primary if only as a yardstick of dissent.
McCain will probably win the nomination. He's got way more experience and collateral than Romney. He's the "known choice" for Republicans, having been around for a while. He may well win just for being a comfortable choice for the uninformed. His stance on constitutional issues does nothing for me however.
I would not discount Romney on the basis of his religion. Not many people here are old enough to remember when Kennedy was unelectable because he was a Roman Catholic. Tricky Dick being a Quaker never even came up. However, he's the biggest flip-flopper since Kerry. No surprise, they're both politicians from the same state. He signed into effect some of the most draconian antigun legislation while governor of Massachsetts and claims he's a friend of gun ownership and a lifetime member of the NRA. Yes, but only since 2006. I wouldn't trust him to stand in line behind me in the cafeteria, let alone run the country.
Huckabee, while I like some of his positions on economy, immigration and constitutional issues, does have a base of the religious right. Which sort of makes his chances on par with Pat Robertson's.
The first planemo will make a very close approach to Earth. The second will smack right into earth. But by then the spaceships we cobble together with nifty 50's retro-tech will have blasted off with the lucky few colonists to build a new civilization.
Too bad with such a small gene pool they'll devolve into slack jawed mouth breathers in a few generations. Looks like the future of reality TV is assured.
No doubt the first folk to use this will be the bad guys. Planning or carrying a gun or a knife to protect yourself? Well, in a year's time it will be a waste of time, cos that mugger will just laugh in your face. And steal the gun after you've wasted your bullets.
Yeah, only after they invent the bulletproof face.
[i]We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soapbox, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. Apply in that order. - Author unknown [/i]
Has it gotten that bad yet? You decide. We've managed to bungle using the first two. Nobody has been brought to trial to use the third and I pray to G*d we never have to use the fourth.
You can blame Douglas for the hydraulic line placement in the leading edge of the wing. You can blame United maintenance for sloppy procedures that resulted in a cracked engine mount. But don't forget to blame the bean counters and executives that decided that the co-pilot's control column didn't need a stick shaker. The pilot's stick shaker received power from the engine that just somersaulted over the wing. If the co-pilot had a stick shaker the pilots would have known they were entering a stall and they would have kept the remaining engine power up, avoiding the left wing stall that resulted in the wingover leading to the crash.
The First Amendment, as extended through the Fourteenth and interpreted by the Supreme Court, bars government institutions from punishing or rewarding anyone on the basis of almost all speech. Note that the school in question is a public school, and thus is a government institution and bound by that law.
Too bad Alberto Gonzalez just struck down the first ammendment earlier this week. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2006/05/21/AR2006052100348.html Which is exactly the situation you are describing. The government punishing people for "speaking" in a public forum.
Here's hoping the Supreme Court has a moment of lucidity when this goes in front of them.
I don't find this surprising at all. American GIs have long had a habit of anthropomorphizing their vehicles for years. In fact it goes back further than that. I recall seeing a Civil War rifle that some soldier had decorated with brass nails in the form of a legend "Lady be True". May have been a wish for his sweetheart, may have been an endorsment to his arm to shoot straight.
Besides, if these little robots are going in harm's way and keeping flesh and blood intact at the expense of their mechanical existence, where's the harm in a little attachment?
Bombers, fighters, tanks and all manner of other vehicles got names and they carried and protected their occupants. These little robots are taking point and sometimes taking a bullet for a GI.
No more having to break through those reinforced cockpit doors. No more having to smuggle weapons on board to kill the crew and cow the passengers. No more having to put down passenger revolts. Just hack the plane and fly it into whatever building you want.
Better living through technology.
Last year for Christmas my company wanted us to make stars for the company christmas tree. We could make them out of anything we liked, as long as they were reasonably sized to hang on the tree.
I took an old Pentium server mobo and scribed a star around the CPU. I used a dremel with a cutting disk mounted to chew a starter hole in each ray of the star and finished the cuts with a jigsaw. WEAR A MASK AND GOGGLES IF YOU TRY THIS! Capacitors and diodes spark when you cut through them and the dust is probably toxic.
For Christmas I got you toxic waste! (chuckle)
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I like a lot of what Ron Paul says. Some of it may actually be workable. How he'd get it past the dinosaurs in Congress I have no idea. I'll still be voting for him in the primary if only as a yardstick of dissent. McCain will probably win the nomination. He's got way more experience and collateral than Romney. He's the "known choice" for Republicans, having been around for a while. He may well win just for being a comfortable choice for the uninformed. His stance on constitutional issues does nothing for me however. I would not discount Romney on the basis of his religion. Not many people here are old enough to remember when Kennedy was unelectable because he was a Roman Catholic. Tricky Dick being a Quaker never even came up. However, he's the biggest flip-flopper since Kerry. No surprise, they're both politicians from the same state. He signed into effect some of the most draconian antigun legislation while governor of Massachsetts and claims he's a friend of gun ownership and a lifetime member of the NRA. Yes, but only since 2006. I wouldn't trust him to stand in line behind me in the cafeteria, let alone run the country. Huckabee, while I like some of his positions on economy, immigration and constitutional issues, does have a base of the religious right. Which sort of makes his chances on par with Pat Robertson's.
The only problem with your argument is that firearms aren't registered in the state of Pennsylvania.
Let me know when Allen and Woz share a stage. THAT I might be interested in seeing.
The smart, beautiful, creative and tasty ones? Mmmmm, Eloi. [/Homer]
The first planemo will make a very close approach to Earth. The second will smack right into earth. But by then the spaceships we cobble together with nifty 50's retro-tech will have blasted off with the lucky few colonists to build a new civilization. Too bad with such a small gene pool they'll devolve into slack jawed mouth breathers in a few generations. Looks like the future of reality TV is assured.
The film adaption will be called "Bot in Sixty Seconds!"
Unbeknownst to these children we've secretly switched their country with new freeze-dried Third Reich. Let's watch and see their reaction.
[i]We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soapbox, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. Apply in that order. - Author unknown [/i] Has it gotten that bad yet? You decide. We've managed to bungle using the first two. Nobody has been brought to trial to use the third and I pray to G*d we never have to use the fourth.
Just remember, if Vince Foster had only had a gun with him he'd be alive today.
In the Soviet Union the robot controls you!
You can blame Douglas for the hydraulic line placement in the leading edge of the wing. You can blame United maintenance for sloppy procedures that resulted in a cracked engine mount. But don't forget to blame the bean counters and executives that decided that the co-pilot's control column didn't need a stick shaker. The pilot's stick shaker received power from the engine that just somersaulted over the wing. If the co-pilot had a stick shaker the pilots would have known they were entering a stall and they would have kept the remaining engine power up, avoiding the left wing stall that resulted in the wingover leading to the crash.
The First Amendment, as extended through the Fourteenth and interpreted by the Supreme Court, bars government institutions from punishing or rewarding anyone on the basis of almost all speech. Note that the school in question is a public school, and thus is a government institution and bound by that law. Too bad Alberto Gonzalez just struck down the first ammendment earlier this week. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2006/05/21/AR2006052100348.html Which is exactly the situation you are describing. The government punishing people for "speaking" in a public forum.
Here's hoping the Supreme Court has a moment of lucidity when this goes in front of them.
I don't find this surprising at all. American GIs have long had a habit of anthropomorphizing their vehicles for years. In fact it goes back further than that. I recall seeing a Civil War rifle that some soldier had decorated with brass nails in the form of a legend "Lady be True". May have been a wish for his sweetheart, may have been an endorsment to his arm to shoot straight. Besides, if these little robots are going in harm's way and keeping flesh and blood intact at the expense of their mechanical existence, where's the harm in a little attachment? Bombers, fighters, tanks and all manner of other vehicles got names and they carried and protected their occupants. These little robots are taking point and sometimes taking a bullet for a GI.
No more having to break through those reinforced cockpit doors. No more having to smuggle weapons on board to kill the crew and cow the passengers. No more having to put down passenger revolts. Just hack the plane and fly it into whatever building you want. Better living through technology.
Cap'n Crunch!?! The pain! The agony! The sorrow when the roof of your mouth feels like it has been sandblasted!
MMMMMM.
Last year for Christmas my company wanted us to make stars for the company christmas tree. We could make them out of anything we liked, as long as they were reasonably sized to hang on the tree. I took an old Pentium server mobo and scribed a star around the CPU. I used a dremel with a cutting disk mounted to chew a starter hole in each ray of the star and finished the cuts with a jigsaw. WEAR A MASK AND GOGGLES IF YOU TRY THIS! Capacitors and diodes spark when you cut through them and the dust is probably toxic. For Christmas I got you toxic waste! (chuckle)