Every 2 terms of republican presidency, the national debt increases by a factor of 10.:D
Upcoming is 2 terms of democratic presidency (and supermajority in congress) so national debt should increase by a factor of 1000.
At least the Republicans got it half right, lowering taxes, which increased tax revenue. However, they forgot the more important part and still spent like drunken socialists.
The democrats will keep up the spending and increase taxes, which will decrease tax revenue, thus accelerating debt accumulation.
(FYI If you find yourself replying: "That doesn' make sense, decreasing tax rates MUST decrease tax revenue!" then you haven't had Econ 101 and probably shouldn't vote.)
Where are all the people trashing the source, like when anything is posted from Fox News? NYT is at least as biased, only pointing out the blame that wall street (and their thikin' machines) surely deserves, while leaving out the equally responsible and beloved federal government. No mention of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd pushing bad (NO money down, NO documentation of income required) loans to "help" poor people who can't afford them, while taking campaign contributions from Fannie and Freddie. (And in Barney's case, having an affair with a senior exec at Fannie)
You should have posted only the essay from Freeman Dyson instead of shooting it through the sh*t stained lens of the NYT op-ed page. Here's equal time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
"The Fourier Transform and its Applications" WTF!!
My employer's lawyers protect us from the liabilities of open source and I don't see the in-house tools I'm forced to use *anywhere* on Stanford's course listing! How *exactly* are we supposed to find people with expertise in our proprietary crap if no one out there is teaching it??? Universities are soooo out of touch.
Perhaps they're still embarrassed by the Alan Turing fiasco, and don't want to ever bring it up again?
I think you've nailed it there. Bletchly Park was the best British minds triumphing over the the best German minds. Why else would they want to bury it, but for shame of Turing's treatment?
Every time this comes up, I am compelled to recommend The Code Book by Simon Singh. It has a gripping account of Turing's life and the cracking of Enigma.
I've lost a lot of loved ones to cancer, including one last Wednesday, so I do not casually dismiss cancer risks or cancer solutions. I haven't lost anyone to Malaria, but I'm sure it's just as painful. So I don't casually dismiss Malaria risks, or Malaria solutions.
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Every 2 terms of republican presidency, the national debt increases by a factor of 10. :D
Upcoming is 2 terms of democratic presidency (and supermajority in congress) so national debt should increase by a factor of 1000.
At least the Republicans got it half right, lowering taxes, which increased tax revenue. However, they forgot the more important part and still spent like drunken socialists.
The democrats will keep up the spending and increase taxes, which will decrease tax revenue, thus accelerating debt accumulation.
(FYI If you find yourself replying: "That doesn' make sense, decreasing tax rates MUST decrease tax revenue!" then you haven't had Econ 101 and probably shouldn't vote.)
Where are all the people trashing the source, like when anything is posted from Fox News?
NYT is at least as biased, only pointing out the blame that wall street (and their thikin' machines) surely deserves, while leaving out the equally responsible and beloved federal government.
No mention of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd pushing bad (NO money down, NO documentation of income required) loans to "help" poor people who can't afford them, while taking campaign contributions from Fannie and Freddie. (And in Barney's case, having an affair with a senior exec at Fannie)
You should have posted only the essay from Freeman Dyson instead of shooting it through the sh*t stained lens of the NYT op-ed page.
Here's equal time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
You can not be my Yoko Ono.
Spammers peddle in CHANGE (in size) and HOPE (for a lower mortgage rate).
Apparently he didn't get any of those $600 toilet seats or $900 hammers that we used to hear about the military procuring.
What do you want to bet that the replacement cost will be in the millions?
6000 years ago, god farted in a Cosmic Bathtub.
I don't gamble.
I invest my money in the stock market.
Saudi Arabia to become supercomputing Mecca.
huzzah!
OK, for which Renaissance Festival are you sys/netadmin'ing for and is it hard to type whilst wearing plate mail and hoisting a flagon of mead?
You should see the SOAP request I wrote last year!
[rim shot]
Good night! Don't forget to tip your waiters!
To upgrade to XP.
Turns out one of the new particles forgot to get certified Vista-ready.
Not naming any names here (I'm looking at you muon-antineutrino!)
And missing features.
Like script execution turned on by default.
Nothing could go wrong there.
"The Fourier Transform and its Applications" WTF!!
My employer's lawyers protect us from the liabilities of open source and I don't see the in-house tools I'm forced to use *anywhere* on Stanford's course listing!
How *exactly* are we supposed to find people with expertise in our proprietary crap if no one out there is teaching it???
Universities are soooo out of touch.
It was the design of the Pentium Pro's floating point processor.
...It's the size of Texas, sir!
(and oddly, enough shaped like Rhode Island, go figure.)
Jar Jar Binks practice dummy.
George Lucas himself provided input on the project.
So...halfway through the game you must complete a 10 hour pod race,
after which you learn The Force is actually powered by Thetans or something.
I'll just come out and say it:
Gnomes have bigger feet (and that's not all) than Night Elves.
Fine, fine, call me a racist, but you KNOW it's true.
(And we're all still alive too!)
Apologies for repeating myself from yesterday's LHC thread:
There will be no doomsday, nor Higgs until the first collisions occur in one to two months.
That's right, you still have time to see the Grand Canyon or have relations with sextuplets before the Earth is devoured by a Strangelet
Mod the above as +10 Informative since most news outlets completely missed this point in their coverage.
The *actual* doomsday will occur when the first collisions occur in one to two months.
Much cooler than a black hole would be Death By Strangelet
Perhaps they're still embarrassed by the Alan Turing fiasco, and don't want to ever bring it up again?
I think you've nailed it there.
Bletchly Park was the best British minds triumphing over the the best German minds.
Why else would they want to bury it, but for shame of Turing's treatment?
Every time this comes up, I am compelled to recommend The Code Book by Simon Singh.
It has a gripping account of Turing's life and the cracking of Enigma.
The real tragedy is the number of dyslexic diabetics who end up reading that book of theirs.
"I think, therefore I'm fat."
And whenever I'm at a restaurant, I order a la Descartes.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070826-clearing-the-air-bioshock-does-not-contain-a-rootkit.html
I don't like DRM either.
However, I followed these steps carefully and had one of the best gaming experiences of my life.
Pay attention, it gets tricky:
1) I paid for the game.
2) I installed it on my PC.
3) Was wildly entertained, more than my $ worth.
Too bad your panties are so easily wadded because you missed out.
If you'd like to help, and to see some extensively footnoted facts:
http://www.malaria.org/DDTpage.html
I've lost a lot of loved ones to cancer, including one last Wednesday, so I do not casually dismiss cancer risks or cancer solutions.
I haven't lost anyone to Malaria, but I'm sure it's just as painful.
So I don't casually dismiss Malaria risks, or Malaria solutions.