And tobacco is tricky and expensive to grow, and it only grows well in a few places. MJ on the other hand grows like a weed in just about any temperate area, with no need for fertilizer or pesticide. Sounds like it would end up being very cheap.
Every time his aides present Bush with a funding bill for anything in Yellowstone, he launches into a 45-minute description (with voices!) of his favorite Yogi Bear episodes. Such legislation rarely makes it to his desk anymore.
Ghandi was quite smart, and very lucky. If the British hadn't been licking their wounds from WWII, and reconsidering the whole Empire business, Ghandi probably would have failed. Also, Ghandi's techniques only worked, because the British are basically decent people (after you peel away the Imperial atrocities). They weren't willing to kill enough millions, or pop a non-violent old man in the head, to defeat Ghandi. Don't assume that Ghandi's methods will work at most times and places. Same thing goes for Martin Luther King; if the Americans were right bastards, the footage of police dogs attacking black people trying to register to vote in Selma would have been entertainment. Our basic decency (even among many of the Southerners) spurred us to action.
Way too many of our children don't read at grade-level for such an effort to be worthwhile. And hey, lawsuits ain't cheap. The children who will most benefit from learning the finer points of Hinduism are the ones who will research it on their own, and they will do a better job than some school teacher trying to teach testable bullet points to the masses.
If schools were to try this, I suspect that this class would be lumped-in with oddball fluff classes such as "Health", and will be taught by a football coach to justify that they are 'teachers' and thus their salary is part of the education budget. At least that's how they usually do it in the South (USA).
I don't mind either if religionS are taught in school, explained
I would not trust this material to be taught properly in public schools. I doubt that any born-again teacher could possibly present the material in an even-handed and objective fashion. And I know quite a few atheists who would not be able to keep from sneering as they presented what they considered to be ridiculous fairytales.
There are people who could discuss various religions in a dispassionate and balanced way, but how do the schools find, test, and recruit these teachers? How do we trust that the schoolboards (Dover, Kansas) will try to find impartial teachers to cover this material? No, it's better if we keep this out of the public schools.
5. Why doesn't the kill -9 equivalent always work? Some processes seem to get stuck in system calls that never return. Not good design.
A functioning 'kill -9' would imply that the user is in charge of their computer. Even if that were technically possible, it would set a dangerous precendent. Next thing you know, they would expect the ability to turn-off DRM on music files that they had paid for, TPM, etc.
Once the Signal-to-Noise ratio on this site gets 1:2, I will leave.
Are you kidding? I've been waiting for the SNR to get up to 1:2 for several years. If you really demand a lower SNR, try myspace.com (just about any page).
You don't get anything like that with Windows, so why is your criteria different for Linux? Linux has many faults, but "hunting down drivers" is not really one of them.
Windows is so widespread, that a 'reversal of blame' kicks-in. If you can't get Windows to work on your computer, when millions of other people use it every day, it is obviously your fault, not Microsoft's. On a less popular OS, you get to blame the developers for not ironing out all of the bugs.
Could get really insidious, at which time most sensible people would install a real os.
If crashes, malware, and remote pwnership can't make people switch to a real OS, why should advertising?
I think if Vista came with a USB-controlled cat-o-nine-tails, and you had to take five lashes every morning before you could log in, most people would probably put up with it.
The DOJ needs to look into this. Microsoft is trying to use their dominance in the OS market to achieve dominance in the Adware market. This probably violates the Sherman Anti-Trust laws somehow (IANAL).
The smaller dealership continues to sell sleek Euro-styled sedans and to spend a lot of money on advertising campaigns. They have had GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! signs taped up in their windows for so long that they have gotten all yellow and curly.
As I understand it (IANAL, IANAA) Sarbanes-Oxley changed this. Now the CEO is required to sign a statement that the companies' financial reports are correct.
Details like 2,500 dead US soldiers (so far), $300 billion (so far), >50,000 dead Iraqis (so far). With 'details' like those, I'd hate to think what you consider substantive.
Love Bush or hate him, but it's more than my opinion that there is a difference between Bush and Gore.
Are you kidding? This machine could pay for itself in one day. Picture this: you're feeling hyper-productive. A million-dollar idea is working itself to the surface of your brain. You are ready to write the best code of your life. You just need one more hit of Mountain Dew to crystallize your focus. You have 27 cents in your pocket.
I'd be afraid to vote green or socialist because I'd be shitscared if they won.
Don't be scared; there's absolutely no chance of a Green or Socialist winning (USA). But if enough progressives vote Green or Socialist, we can guarantee that the Republicans win again.
Burn in hell Ralph there's-no-difference-between-Gore-and-Bush Nader. Really, is there anybody stupid enough to fall for that line of thinking again? Anybody?
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And tobacco is tricky and expensive to grow, and it only grows well in a few places. MJ on the other hand grows like a weed in just about any temperate area, with no need for fertilizer or pesticide. Sounds like it would end up being very cheap.
Every time his aides present Bush with a funding bill for anything in Yellowstone, he launches into a 45-minute description (with voices!) of his favorite Yogi Bear episodes. Such legislation rarely makes it to his desk anymore.
Pele is sensitive about Her musical abilities, and she is going to kick your ass.
A) The slang term fixer already has a meaning: lawyer
B) The network fixer who kept my last company running on a growing list of ill-conceived kludges and bailing wire was *not* a Hacker.
I'm sorry. The answer was Chanandler Bong.
Ghandi was quite smart, and very lucky. If the British hadn't been licking their wounds from WWII, and reconsidering the whole Empire business, Ghandi probably would have failed. Also, Ghandi's techniques only worked, because the British are basically decent people (after you peel away the Imperial atrocities). They weren't willing to kill enough millions, or pop a non-violent old man in the head, to defeat Ghandi. Don't assume that Ghandi's methods will work at most times and places. Same thing goes for Martin Luther King; if the Americans were right bastards, the footage of police dogs attacking black people trying to register to vote in Selma would have been entertainment. Our basic decency (even among many of the Southerners) spurred us to action.
If schools were to try this, I suspect that this class would be lumped-in with oddball fluff classes such as "Health", and will be taught by a football coach to justify that they are 'teachers' and thus their salary is part of the education budget. At least that's how they usually do it in the South (USA).
I would not trust this material to be taught properly in public schools. I doubt that any born-again teacher could possibly present the material in an even-handed and objective fashion. And I know quite a few atheists who would not be able to keep from sneering as they presented what they considered to be ridiculous fairytales.
There are people who could discuss various religions in a dispassionate and balanced way, but how do the schools find, test, and recruit these teachers? How do we trust that the schoolboards (Dover, Kansas) will try to find impartial teachers to cover this material? No, it's better if we keep this out of the public schools.
A functioning 'kill -9' would imply that the user is in charge of their computer. Even if that were technically possible, it would set a dangerous precendent. Next thing you know, they would expect the ability to turn-off DRM on music files that they had paid for, TPM, etc.
Are you kidding? I've been waiting for the SNR to get up to 1:2 for several years. If you really demand a lower SNR, try myspace.com (just about any page).
They're going to whip them out, and see who has the biggest Click.
But not fullscreen; then you wouldn't see the ads.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. --Einstein
Windows is so widespread, that a 'reversal of blame' kicks-in. If you can't get Windows to work on your computer, when millions of other people use it every day, it is obviously your fault, not Microsoft's. On a less popular OS, you get to blame the developers for not ironing out all of the bugs.
If crashes, malware, and remote pwnership can't make people switch to a real OS, why should advertising?
I think if Vista came with a USB-controlled cat-o-nine-tails, and you had to take five lashes every morning before you could log in, most people would probably put up with it.
The DOJ needs to look into this. Microsoft is trying to use their dominance in the OS market to achieve dominance in the Adware market. This probably violates the Sherman Anti-Trust laws somehow (IANAL).
As Neal Stephenson said about Apple in In the Beginning was the Command Line :
The smaller dealership continues to sell sleek Euro-styled sedans and to spend a lot of money on advertising campaigns. They have had GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! signs taped up in their windows for so long that they have gotten all yellow and curly.
As I understand it (IANAL, IANAA) Sarbanes-Oxley changed this. Now the CEO is required to sign a statement that the companies' financial reports are correct.
No, I've got way too much time on my hands.
Details like 2,500 dead US soldiers (so far), $300 billion (so far), >50,000 dead Iraqis (so far). With 'details' like those, I'd hate to think what you consider substantive.
Love Bush or hate him, but it's more than my opinion that there is a difference between Bush and Gore.
No, but one of our goals for version 3.0.2 is that it will dispense toast.
Are you kidding? This machine could pay for itself in one day. Picture this: you're feeling hyper-productive. A million-dollar idea is working itself to the surface of your brain. You are ready to write the best code of your life. You just need one more hit of Mountain Dew to crystallize your focus. You have 27 cents in your pocket.
Why do I suspect that 'double digits' means that the women are flipping you off with both hands?
That explains the $200k vending machine. They had to find some way to dispose of the excess cash.
Don't be scared; there's absolutely no chance of a Green or Socialist winning (USA). But if enough progressives vote Green or Socialist, we can guarantee that the Republicans win again.
Burn in hell Ralph there's-no-difference-between-Gore-and-Bush Nader. Really, is there anybody stupid enough to fall for that line of thinking again? Anybody?