I'd like to add a third option- do nothing. Iran is ripe for another revolution; with something like 60% of the population under age 18, every year sees more and more protests against the Iranian government. The harder the mullahs push, the more likely it becomes that their people will push back.
The result of all this dissent all this is an Iranian civil war, which could have any of a number of outcomes. But given the relatively pro-US stance of the dissidents this time around, and the fact that the US military is in a position to help them, there may be some cause for hope.
Then again, none of this might happen. Or it might take decades. With or without American help, the dissidents could fail, or they might not want our help. They could overthrow the mullahs, and replace them with something worse (from an American/blogger point of view). Aren't international politics exciting?
The Canadian military is in a pretty sorry state; they don't even have enough airlift capacity to send their disaster assistance response team to the region hit by the tsunami, and this article highlights how inept their navy is. Canada hasn't had to defend its own territory in a long time.
Still, Canada (perhaps jointly with the US?) has pretty much the only legit claim to any islands on the North American side of the Pole. There can't be much landmass up there, though, just an awful lot of international waters in the form of the Arctic Ocean.
If Apple is smart, they'll make a deal with a CRT manufacturer like Viewsonic or Samsung and stick a $50 coupon in the box. A *cheap* Apple-branded monitor is never going to happen, I think. A cheap monitor would cut into their big monitor sales more than a cheap Mac will cut into big Mac sales.
I'm just going off memory, too. I'm sure that, back when they built it, I heard it mentioned somewhere that the "II" in the name was because they named it after the original biosphere (the Earth). Then again, I could be full of it.
I wouldn't worry, there's an awful lot of oxygen out there...
That's a perfectly valid belief, especially in the context of things you'll never be able to prove. That said... I find it very difficult to take people who believe in ID seriously. They're usually just fundamentalists trying to circumvent the separation of church and state, one step at a time.
The first concept, God as a direct designer, strikes me as little different from 'normal' religion. The second concept is more of a deist thing. As far as I know, ID covers both concepts.
Actually, you're wrong. The Sempron 3100 is Socket 754, and is indeed a neutered A64, but lower-numbered Semprons are based on the old Athlon (since AMD will soon retire the name "Athlon" for non-64 bit processors).
I threw the parent comment out as a (very) lame attenpt at humor.
Obviously, George Lucas knows what the z-95 really looks like. You're the one who is mistaken (as am I, I blew away so many Headhunters in Tie Fighter that they're burned into my brain).
Sigh. I thought the books, comics, games, etc. were an "official" part of the Star Wars universe. Hopefully, Lucas will finally realize we all hate him, and hire Zahn to write episodes 7-9 and someone else to direct them.
IANARS (I am not a rocket scientist), but my very quick and cursory search online found that an ICBM with a 5000 mile range reaches an apogee of about 500-600 miles; I'm assuming that's an optimal course. SpaceShipTwenty is going to have to go a lot higher than SpaceShipTwo, and it'll need a heat shield, too.
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That did sound kind of mystical, didn't it? As Gary Larson would say, it was late and I was tired. I think what I meant was that if Google itself disappeared, some company- or even a non-profit organization- would be forced to recreate it, because the demand for a simple and comprehensive way to search the web will never go away. Now that we've lived with Google, we can't live without something that fills its role.
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I can't speak to the questions about Google's hiring process, but reading about the Googleplex and the company ski trip made me think of the old dot-com days. Many companies reached Google's level of financial success (though arguably not its name recognition), and then bit the dust.
We all like to think that Google is different, somehow, but is it really? Or has Google become so ingrained in the way we use the internet that it cannot be destroyed, even if the company itself ceases to exist?
True. Google shows a lot of other articles by him, in other places. But, while I like IBM, linking to stories like this sets a precedent I don't like. Most companies will flat-out lie to make themselves look better.
And- Kane? Did anyone else look at his name and picture and think of Command & Conquer?
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I'd like to add a third option- do nothing. Iran is ripe for another revolution; with something like 60% of the population under age 18, every year sees more and more protests against the Iranian government. The harder the mullahs push, the more likely it becomes that their people will push back.
The result of all this dissent all this is an Iranian civil war, which could have any of a number of outcomes. But given the relatively pro-US stance of the dissidents this time around, and the fact that the US military is in a position to help them, there may be some cause for hope.
Then again, none of this might happen. Or it might take decades. With or without American help, the dissidents could fail, or they might not want our help. They could overthrow the mullahs, and replace them with something worse (from an American/blogger point of view). Aren't international politics exciting?
The Canadian military is in a pretty sorry state; they don't even have enough airlift capacity to send their disaster assistance response team to the region hit by the tsunami, and this article highlights how inept their navy is. Canada hasn't had to defend its own territory in a long time.
Still, Canada (perhaps jointly with the US?) has pretty much the only legit claim to any islands on the North American side of the Pole. There can't be much landmass up there, though, just an awful lot of international waters in the form of the Arctic Ocean.
For someone who got his nickname from an Alderaanian, you could have come up with a better joke that that.
I'll take a double G5, fries, and a chocolate shake. Supersize it! You take credit cards, right?
If Apple is smart, they'll make a deal with a CRT manufacturer like Viewsonic or Samsung and stick a $50 coupon in the box. A *cheap* Apple-branded monitor is never going to happen, I think. A cheap monitor would cut into their big monitor sales more than a cheap Mac will cut into big Mac sales.
but Linksys has been selling wi-fi webcams for a while now: http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=3 3&scid=38&prid=650
I'm just going off memory, too. I'm sure that, back when they built it, I heard it mentioned somewhere that the "II" in the name was because they named it after the original biosphere (the Earth). Then again, I could be full of it.
I wouldn't worry, there's an awful lot of oxygen out there...
Um...isn't Biosphere I the Earth?
I'm holding out for my own airship hangar.
What it means is that a lot of the philosophy and english faculty at colleges are secretly laughed at by the science dept.
I believe later moderators agreed with me.
I believe the mods who gave him a "+3, insightful" are even bigger morons than he is.
That's a perfectly valid belief, especially in the context of things you'll never be able to prove. That said... I find it very difficult to take people who believe in ID seriously. They're usually just fundamentalists trying to circumvent the separation of church and state, one step at a time.
The first concept, God as a direct designer, strikes me as little different from 'normal' religion. The second concept is more of a deist thing. As far as I know, ID covers both concepts.
Do amy pharmacists read Slashdot? We could use a translator!
Actually, you're wrong. The Sempron 3100 is Socket 754, and is indeed a neutered A64, but lower-numbered Semprons are based on the old Athlon (since AMD will soon retire the name "Athlon" for non-64 bit processors).
I threw the parent comment out as a (very) lame attenpt at humor.
was just a re-labeled Athlon! (CPU-Z even reads it as one)
Obviously, George Lucas knows what the z-95 really looks like. You're the one who is mistaken (as am I, I blew away so many Headhunters in Tie Fighter that they're burned into my brain).
Sigh. I thought the books, comics, games, etc. were an "official" part of the Star Wars universe. Hopefully, Lucas will finally realize we all hate him, and hire Zahn to write episodes 7-9 and someone else to direct them.
IANARS (I am not a rocket scientist), but my very quick and cursory search online found that an ICBM with a 5000 mile range reaches an apogee of about 500-600 miles; I'm assuming that's an optimal course. SpaceShipTwenty is going to have to go a lot higher than SpaceShipTwo, and it'll need a heat shield, too.
That did sound kind of mystical, didn't it? As Gary Larson would say, it was late and I was tired. I think what I meant was that if Google itself disappeared, some company- or even a non-profit organization- would be forced to recreate it, because the demand for a simple and comprehensive way to search the web will never go away. Now that we've lived with Google, we can't live without something that fills its role.
I can't speak to the questions about Google's hiring process, but reading about the Googleplex and the company ski trip made me think of the old dot-com days. Many companies reached Google's level of financial success (though arguably not its name recognition), and then bit the dust.
We all like to think that Google is different, somehow, but is it really? Or has Google become so ingrained in the way we use the internet that it cannot be destroyed, even if the company itself ceases to exist?
The Slashdot Channel?
Wouldn't that knock some of the other channels off the air? Or would it tap into your cable modem and automatically Slashdot every web site you visit?
I bought a 19" Samsung LCD a year ago. It has no dead pixels.
True. Google shows a lot of other articles by him, in other places. But, while I like IBM, linking to stories like this sets a precedent I don't like. Most companies will flat-out lie to make themselves look better.
And- Kane? Did anyone else look at his name and picture and think of Command & Conquer?
IBM is a news source now, eh?