Do you mind explaining exactly what "discedent HTTP data" is? I'd be curious to know how a system could detect if an ethernet packet contains discedent data. ---
Who the fuck wants to reboot their computer (takes at least 3-4 minutes for me) every time they want to snag a little gaming session? Or, God forbid, switch back and forth between a game and another task (web browser or something.)
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No, women are already protected from that by the 14th amendment (among other laws) which guarantee equal protection under the law -- which taxation falls under. What is technically not prohibited is employment discrimination and the like -- a company could have a policy stating that women will earn half the money for the same job. Of course none have such an explicit policy, but some would argue that pay is still not equitable. Although one hopes the margin is shrinking. Various existing government regulations state that there is to be no sex discrimination in state & federal hiring. There are also programs for sending gov't contracted work to "minority" (which includes women) owned business, and so on. ---
Private healthcare doesn't exist in Canada? I always thought rich Canadians could just go to a private (Canadian) doctor if they didn't want to travel to the US or use the national system. ---
The problem is, when they give from one hand, they usually take away with the other. Something like the Onion century calendar headline for 1928 -- "Women Allowed to Participate in Meaningless Fiction of Democracy." ---
And the go like that - because of Romeo & Juliet, mostly.
It's funny you should say that because Bill S. pretty much ripped the whole story, names and all, from an Italian work several hundred years older than his. And that work was likely derivative of another, and so on. But you do have a good point about Tolkien originating many ideas that are now cliche in the Fantasy genre. On the other hand, Tolkien did not make up the idea of 'elves' or 'dwarves,' or 'kindly wizards', he just gave them a cohesive reality (in print) that the old Norse/German legends never had, being simply old folktales. ---
I'd be curious to know what kind of evidence (other than "hard evidence," since we certainly know there is none of that) you have for thinking there's primitive life on Europa and Ganymede?
Europa has liquid water and an internal heat source, along with (we think) significant amounts of oxygen, carbon, etc. But then, I suspect (again, without hard evidence) the panspermia theory has some merit. If Earth was seeded from outer space, very likely the Galilean moons were seeded as well.
In this case we may find some very basic similarities between Europan and Earth life -- such as DNA and RNA using bacteria and viruses. We may find life on Europa remarkably resembles life in the deepest areas Earth's oceans. We may even find Europan multicellular creatures that resemble (through parallel evolution)
the large worms that feed on the bacteria that feed on the geothermal undersea vents here. ---
Of course there was that guy in the Diamond Age, which is Must-Read Sci-Fi, who is infected with a nanotech parasite which inserts Hindi commercials for roach motels into a corner of his vision 24/7. ---
Consider also that Venus (and probably Mars) had considerable amounts of (liquid?) water sometime in their past. A lot of Mars water probably boiled away into space when the planet died over the course of a billion+ years. Much is still locked away in underground ice. A lot of Venus water is still present, up to 20% of the very dense, hot atmosphere. If Mars had been further away from the sun and/or started with more water, it might have an ice-encrusted ocean like Europa.
Europa and Ganymede are simply cool enough to allow the formation of large (though frozen at the top) oceans. BTW I do think there is some sort of primitive, probably bacterial, life in Europa's oceans. Maybe some kind of multicellular life. (And quite possibly Ganymede too.) It will be hard to observe this life without risking contaminating it irreversably.
Of course I have no hard evidence for this belief. The Moon probably never had much water; but then I suspect that unusual events were involved in the formation of Earth's moon (ie, that it was not formed by the exact same processes that formed the major rocky planets and the Galilean moons and endowed them with water.) ---
This is particularly disturbing. 3 years in jail for refusing to give out a PGP [key], say? Would anything like this work in the US given 5th Ammendment rights?
Yes, in the USA this would be blatantly against one's 5th Amendment right not to testify against oneself. Not to mention the 4th Amendment right to be "secure in one's person, papers, and effects" in absence of a specific warrant. [I feel the Founders would have considered digital communications an extenion of 'papers.']
Not that such concerns have stopped any legislation before. Congress does not bore itself with such petty concerns, preferring to pass any law it chooses and allowing test cases to come before the Supreme Court to determine constitutionality. Ho-hum.
And I did like Boateng's quote in the article about balancing Industry's concerns against Law Enforcements'. I see the People do not fit into this equation.
I am currently an American, but not exactly comfortable with the level of "freedom" we have in the "World's greatest democracy" and I am currently examining my immigration options. ---
FYI, post-M18 builds can use Flash and Shockwave! Not to mention Java and SSL. (And there was much rejoicing.) Just drop the two Linux plugin files in your appropriate Mozilla plugins folder. If you need more explicit instructions, email me with a brief description of your situation and what you've done so far. ---
Sorry, most ancient Egyptians were related to the 'Semetic' family of people, which includes Arabs and Hewbrews. They cannot by any stretch of the imagination be considered 'black'. Now there were 'Nubians' (black Africans) in ancient Egyptian society, and many of them achieved positions of power, wealth, and influence, but they were considered a distinct race with known origins (ie, they immigrated, were enslaved, or invaded from the upper reaches of the Nile.) Get your PC bullshit right. ---
Never mind that Oklahoma had originally been promised to be the exclusive territory of native people (Indians), especially those who had been illegally booted from their homelands (like the Cherokee.) When it was no longer convenient, this promise was forgotten like all the others.
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this really sounds like flaky memory, or possibly an overheated processor. if at all possible, try swapping out the memory with some known good chips.
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Oh, you're quite right, paper-based voting systems are completely immune to any kind of untoward influence. How fortunate then that we are blessed with a system that is free from any taint of corruption. I imagine you are speaking with some expertise; you are probably a security consultant for a major organization. ---
They don't smoke it -- to do so would likely mean death -- they merely sell it overseas to raise war making revenue. Try getting your outdated stereotypes straight. ---
Neither does the governer of Texas; its largely a ceremonial role; he makes a few appointments and that's about it.
Never mind that Shrub has spent precious little of the past year fufulling his duties as TX governer, being far too busy planning his campaign. Oh well, I guess the citizens of TX knew what they were getting into when they electing this alcoholic moron. ---
not neccesarily -- it may be illegal in some states, but I do not believe it violates any federal laws, especially since no money or gifts were exchanged, just a 'promise' to swap votes.
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By the way, anyone want to hire me to work in the US using a TN Visa?;)
Well, considering that my wife and I want to move to Canadia, especially if Dubya wins as it looks like he will, maybe we can arrange a swap or something? ---
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Do you mind explaining exactly what "discedent HTTP data" is? I'd be curious to know how a system could detect if an ethernet packet contains discedent data.
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Who the fuck wants to reboot their computer (takes at least 3-4 minutes for me) every time they want to snag a little gaming session? Or, God forbid, switch back and forth between a game and another task (web browser or something.)
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This richly deserves an elaborate point-by-point breakdown and ridiculing, but I'm afraid I haven't the time to administer it myself. :-p
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No, women are already protected from that by the 14th amendment (among other laws) which guarantee equal protection under the law -- which taxation falls under. What is technically not prohibited is employment discrimination and the like -- a company could have a policy stating that women will earn half the money for the same job. Of course none have such an explicit policy, but some would argue that pay is still not equitable. Although one hopes the margin is shrinking. Various existing government regulations state that there is to be no sex discrimination in state & federal hiring. There are also programs for sending gov't contracted work to "minority" (which includes women) owned business, and so on.
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Private healthcare doesn't exist in Canada? I always thought rich Canadians could just go to a private (Canadian) doctor if they didn't want to travel to the US or use the national system.
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The problem is, when they give from one hand, they usually take away with the other. Something like the Onion century calendar headline for 1928 -- "Women Allowed to Participate in Meaningless Fiction of Democracy."
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Oh wait, there is. It's called The Constitution. pity no one in the legislature is aware of it, seemingly...
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It's funny you should say that because Bill S. pretty much ripped the whole story, names and all, from an Italian work several hundred years older than his. And that work was likely derivative of another, and so on. But you do have a good point about Tolkien originating many ideas that are now cliche in the Fantasy genre. On the other hand, Tolkien did not make up the idea of 'elves' or 'dwarves,' or 'kindly wizards', he just gave them a cohesive reality (in print) that the old Norse/German legends never had, being simply old folktales.
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Europa has liquid water and an internal heat source, along with (we think) significant amounts of oxygen, carbon, etc. But then, I suspect (again, without hard evidence) the panspermia theory has some merit. If Earth was seeded from outer space, very likely the Galilean moons were seeded as well.
In this case we may find some very basic similarities between Europan and Earth life -- such as DNA and RNA using bacteria and viruses. We may find life on Europa remarkably resembles life in the deepest areas Earth's oceans. We may even find Europan multicellular creatures that resemble (through parallel evolution) the large worms that feed on the bacteria that feed on the geothermal undersea vents here.
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Of course there was that guy in the Diamond Age, which is Must-Read Sci-Fi, who is infected with a nanotech parasite which inserts Hindi commercials for roach motels into a corner of his vision 24/7.
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Europa and Ganymede are simply cool enough to allow the formation of large (though frozen at the top) oceans. BTW I do think there is some sort of primitive, probably bacterial, life in Europa's oceans. Maybe some kind of multicellular life. (And quite possibly Ganymede too.) It will be hard to observe this life without risking contaminating it irreversably.
Of course I have no hard evidence for this belief. The Moon probably never had much water; but then I suspect that unusual events were involved in the formation of Earth's moon (ie, that it was not formed by the exact same processes that formed the major rocky planets and the Galilean moons and endowed them with water.)
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get a better browser, freak!
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What you (tellingly) neglect to mention is that this statement holds universally true for any given population on Earth.
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Yes, in the USA this would be blatantly against one's 5th Amendment right not to testify against oneself. Not to mention the 4th Amendment right to be "secure in one's person, papers, and effects" in absence of a specific warrant. [I feel the Founders would have considered digital communications an extenion of 'papers.']
Not that such concerns have stopped any legislation before. Congress does not bore itself with such petty concerns, preferring to pass any law it chooses and allowing test cases to come before the Supreme Court to determine constitutionality. Ho-hum.
And I did like Boateng's quote in the article about balancing Industry's concerns against Law Enforcements'. I see the People do not fit into this equation.
I am currently an American, but not exactly comfortable with the level of "freedom" we have in the "World's greatest democracy" and I am currently examining my immigration options.
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FYI, post-M18 builds can use Flash and Shockwave! Not to mention Java and SSL. (And there was much rejoicing.) Just drop the two Linux plugin files in your appropriate Mozilla plugins folder. If you need more explicit instructions, email me with a brief description of your situation and what you've done so far.
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Sorry, most ancient Egyptians were related to the 'Semetic' family of people, which includes Arabs and Hewbrews. They cannot by any stretch of the imagination be considered 'black'. Now there were 'Nubians' (black Africans) in ancient Egyptian society, and many of them achieved positions of power, wealth, and influence, but they were considered a distinct race with known origins (ie, they immigrated, were enslaved, or invaded from the upper reaches of the Nile.) Get your PC bullshit right.
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Never mind that Oklahoma had originally been promised to be the exclusive territory of native people (Indians), especially those who had been illegally booted from their homelands (like the Cherokee.) When it was no longer convenient, this promise was forgotten like all the others.
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this really sounds like flaky memory, or possibly an overheated processor. if at all possible, try swapping out the memory with some known good chips.
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Oh, you're quite right, paper-based voting systems are completely immune to any kind of untoward influence. How fortunate then that we are blessed with a system that is free from any taint of corruption. I imagine you are speaking with some expertise; you are probably a security consultant for a major organization.
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They don't smoke it -- to do so would likely mean death -- they merely sell it overseas to raise war making revenue. Try getting your outdated stereotypes straight.
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I'm in Austin, TX, but I merely a hyperintelligent shade of blue that happens to be refracting in this general vicinity.
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Perhaps, unless you are the son of major figure in the US national security apparatus...
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Neither does the governer of Texas; its largely a ceremonial role; he makes a few appointments and that's about it.
Never mind that Shrub has spent precious little of the past year fufulling his duties as TX governer, being far too busy planning his campaign. Oh well, I guess the citizens of TX knew what they were getting into when they electing this alcoholic moron.
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not neccesarily -- it may be illegal in some states, but I do not believe it violates any federal laws, especially since no money or gifts were exchanged, just a 'promise' to swap votes.
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Well, considering that my wife and I want to move to Canadia, especially if Dubya wins as it looks like he will, maybe we can arrange a swap or something?
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