Authoritarian?? Social conservatives are the opposite of authoritarian, as their highest goal is to return the control of social issues back to the peoples' representatives (where the Constitution put it in the first place), instead of the Supreme Court.
Which is why they tried to use the Constitution to define marriage. It all makes perfect sense.
This is a very interesting idea, and it sounds promising. I would sound one note of caution, though: AIDS is not the only auto-immune disorder, and mucking with the immune system to make it hyperactive (especially if this is done as a vaccine) runs the risk of bringing on other immune disorders, like Multiple Sclerosis. MS is still very poorly understood, and nobody really knows what sorts of factors can bring it on.
I know that they have been testing this for three years without observed side effects, but MS is something that can be with you for 5 or 10 years before you know, or even suspect, that you have it.
Still, good work, and here's hoping that this can help a lot of people.
Maybe if environmentalists would stop playing for complete control over our lives and learn how to compromise, some rational discussion could ensue about how science applies to policy.
Nice strawman there. How long did it take you to build him?
If you were genuinely interested in "rational discussion", you would ditch the cartoonish stereotypes and notice the rather obvious fact that "environmentalists" is a pretty big umbrella that covers a wide variety of people.
Sure, the ones you describe do exist. I've dealt with them too, and I find them just as annoying as you do. There are also a lot of people who call themselves "environmentalists" -- in fact, I would even go so far as to suggest that we are the majority of environmentalists -- who want to see technology and society progress rather than tearing everything down to a hunter-gatherer society; who believe that intelligent use of technology is the solution rather than the problem.
So put your money where your mouth is and cut the bullshit.
But I hear that its followup, the WWii, is going to take American markets completely by suprise and, for a while at least, completely dominate the Pacific Rim.
Oraganized, so that the chosen labels (picked by size and choice of music: see above) get an actual message : "You are being boycotted by x number of people who have agreed that they will not buy your labels offerings until: (insert ultimatum here - hell freezes over, a year passes, or my favorite, disassociation with the RIAA)
I'd go for $10M in unmarked bills and a helicopter.
My biggest complaint about mobile providers is the business model that requires your phone to be purchased from, and programmed by, the service provider. Imagine if you could only buy your computer from your ISP, and they only had a handful of models available.
The device should be purchased separately from the service, and then programmed by whichever service provider you choose. Of course, they will never do this willingly, because:
People would no longer have to buy a new phone every time they switched providers, and
It wouldn't be long before someone built a combination WiFi-VoIP/Cellular handset, and cellular providers would see their profits drop as users took advantage of the proliferation of open hotspots.
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So what will be the defense's argument if it's not an all-male jury?
Andrew Tannenbaum must be just tickled.
Authoritarian?? Social conservatives are the opposite of authoritarian, as their highest goal is to return the control of social issues back to the peoples' representatives (where the Constitution put it in the first place), instead of the Supreme Court.
Which is why they tried to use the Constitution to define marriage. It all makes perfect sense.
This is a very interesting idea, and it sounds promising. I would sound one note of caution, though: AIDS is not the only auto-immune disorder, and mucking with the immune system to make it hyperactive (especially if this is done as a vaccine) runs the risk of bringing on other immune disorders, like Multiple Sclerosis. MS is still very poorly understood, and nobody really knows what sorts of factors can bring it on.
I know that they have been testing this for three years without observed side effects, but MS is something that can be with you for 5 or 10 years before you know, or even suspect, that you have it.
Still, good work, and here's hoping that this can help a lot of people.
Maybe if environmentalists would stop playing for complete control over our lives and learn how to compromise, some rational discussion could ensue about how science applies to policy.
Nice strawman there. How long did it take you to build him?
If you were genuinely interested in "rational discussion", you would ditch the cartoonish stereotypes and notice the rather obvious fact that "environmentalists" is a pretty big umbrella that covers a wide variety of people.
Sure, the ones you describe do exist. I've dealt with them too, and I find them just as annoying as you do. There are also a lot of people who call themselves "environmentalists" -- in fact, I would even go so far as to suggest that we are the majority of environmentalists -- who want to see technology and society progress rather than tearing everything down to a hunter-gatherer society; who believe that intelligent use of technology is the solution rather than the problem.
So put your money where your mouth is and cut the bullshit.
Oh my god, it's Prince!
That's why Cuban wouldn't name him. He couldn't; no keyboard has a button for that stupid symbol.
Cool, I always wanted to change the city of Munich's administration. Does the mayor come with full source code?
Yeah, but you have to build the Makefile.
I thought rule number one was "don't get involved in a land war in Asia".
A Fad is by definition Short-lived
Wouldn't that make the original question a tautology, then?
Can anyone name a fad that remained popular with teenagers for over a year?
Oral Sex?
"Lawers are like nuclear weapons. They have theirs, so I gotta have mine. But as soon as you use them, they fuck everything up."
--Larry the Liquidator,Other People's Money
Tools can be used for evil purposes! News at 11!
My tool is only used for good.
Did anybody else initially read that headline as "A Fat Man's Take on Vista"?
Anybody who can study with a guru sitting on them has my respect
Are you kidding? Those guys never eat.
Try it with a fried-chicken-eating Southern Baptist Minister; then you'll get my attention.
But I hear that its followup, the WWii, is going to take American markets completely by suprise and, for a while at least, completely dominate the Pacific Rim.
Would suggesting a re-format put me on an FBI watch-list?
Yeah, it's an interesting choice of words. When I worked PC repair, we always referred to the cuts and scrapes as "case bites".
I would not be too shocked if someone goes e-postal over this.
You mean, made a Half-Life mod of Radio Shack HQ with the board of directors as the bad guys?
You know you've spent too much time on Slashdot when you can predict what the first response will be before you even click on the article.
My only response is this...we flew to the Moon and back using a computer with 32kb of RAM. Have you *at least* done that with your system?
I can do that with a little square of paper.
My WinXP box once connected to my neighbor's WAP instead of mine without letting me know. It was a little while before I realized what had happened.
I wonder how many of these cases of neighbors "leeching" WiFi access are purely unintentional.
Microsoft will also allow you to download from its store any song that you've purchased from Apple, unlocking users from iPod's vendor lock-in.
I have something that does this already. It's called JHymn.
Instead the RIAA is looking to be more localized, focused and personal with its new strategy.
Hey, it's Web 2.0 lawsuits!
Oraganized, so that the chosen labels (picked by size and choice of music: see above) get an actual message : "You are being boycotted by x number of people who have agreed that they will not buy your labels offerings until: (insert ultimatum here - hell freezes over, a year passes, or my favorite, disassociation with the RIAA)
I'd go for $10M in unmarked bills and a helicopter.
My biggest complaint about mobile providers is the business model that requires your phone to be purchased from, and programmed by, the service provider. Imagine if you could only buy your computer from your ISP, and they only had a handful of models available.
The device should be purchased separately from the service, and then programmed by whichever service provider you choose. Of course, they will never do this willingly, because: