Finally, my biggest complaint with Christians in general is that more often than not they themselves pick and choose which portions of the Bible are true. Just look at the anti-abortion types in the States who also want to cut back on Social Security or Medicare -- a position that is clearly not "pro-life", nor follows through with Jesus' adminitions to take care of the least fortunate. If you wish to use Jesus' teachings as the basis of your ethics, fine -- but either be consistent, or be prepared to be exposed as a hypocrite.
As I'm related to many of these Christians and conversed with them about this:
It's not that 'social security' and 'medicare' are bad concepts in and of themselves. They just think it's "the Church's" rather than "the Government's" place to provide these services.
Granted, "the Church" has existed longer than "the Government" on the American continent. So if you're ever in this conversation, press for information on efficacy of "the Church" vs "the Government" historically.
Cases like this show an understandable lack of understanding about how this technology works.
As others have pointed out, going after an indexing service is pointless; however, I find it understandable. Google is the first point of contact to this content for millions of internet users. So, looking from the outside, I can understand how someone would confuse that with providing access to the content.
I hope that Google's laywers are able to make courts in the UK and Japan understand their role in the internet ecosystem.
The problem is average citizens are as yet unaware they're fugitives.
There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system. - Ayn Rand
Note: I don't agree with most of Ms. Rand's sentiments, but this is proving increasingly true.
I find the lack of comments on this story disturbing.
Are Americans so jaded that we can't be bothered to comment on a story about an internal spy agency increasing their capacity to snoop on us?
I for one am outraged that my tax dollars are wasted on things like this. I'm sick of the governmental alphabet soup eroding our rights.
Please, join me in voting 3rd party. Boycott Republicrats. Talk your friends into boycotting Republicrats. Talk them into voting if you have to. (Statistically speaking likely.)
1. Requires no materials we don't already have
2. Would allow for continuous launches. This tube could be used every 15 minutes or so for another payload
3. Fairly massively spaceships could be launched this way
4. Once you get into LEO, getting around in space is relatively easy and cheap.
Downsides : the forces involved here are extreme. There's enormous magnetic fields, the whole structure is suspended in the air, it's over 1000 miles long, and depends on various complex pieces of tech to not rip itself apart. If the vacuum leaks or the plasma window fails or a magnet gets too much current, a chunk or even the whole damn launcher could spectacularly fail.
In addition, the estimated costs have got to be a factor of 10 too optimistic. 60 billion dollars? For something constructed of tens of thousands of miles of superconducting cable and a structure made to aerospace engineering tolerances that is 1000 miles long? Even 600 billion sounds optimistic for something that large.
The Gizmag author forgot to read these guys web-page apparently.
Whitepaper
FAQ
The version the 'requires no materials we don't have today' is built into the side of a mountain and would kill any person you tried to launch using it. Basically a massive rail-gun for getting payloads to orbit. They're especially interested in space based solar power generation. (Because launching solar panels into space and beaming the power down to a receiving station near population centers is better than putting solar panels in the desert and running power to city centers via cables?)
While I agree with you that good press for the LHC is good for theoretical physics in general, I have to disagree that finding the Higgs at the Tevatron instead of the LHC would be bad for the field more broadly.
The assumption here appears to be that whichever site discovered the device first would have increased funding. So far as I know the LHC has funding (for now at least.) The Tevatron is lost to the world of theoretical physics. So, if finding the Higgs will extend the life of the Tevatron, that means more resources available in total for the physics community.
Or do you think there's only enough demand for high energy collisions to keep one collider in business?
Since we obviously can't vote our way out of this crap (since all players are bought long before they even get their fucking name on a ballot), what's next?
If you're not interested in pre-bought politicians, don't vote democrat or republican. Vote independent, libertarian, green. Talk all of your friends into voting for yourself. Anything but voting for the plutocrats.
If at all possible, find candidates that are interested in real campaign finance reform.
Creating fancy new entitlements like Obamacare just make the collapse come that much sooner.
Sorry kids. there is no free lunch. (or free medical care, or free retirement, or free anything.) We simply cannot afford to lie to ourselves about it anymore.
Meaning either they're too busy counting how many pitchforks and torches are headed their way..
or...
they are merely waiting for the mafiaa to sweeten their payoffs.
I see that not only is the US exporting bad copyright policy, we're exporting cynicism as well.
I think the question isn't so much "would the police be legally allowed to do it" as "how would a policeman actually go about doing it"?
Will the car be programmed to watch for lights and a siren and pull itself over when it 'sees' them? Or would the policeman need to send a special "pull over" signal on a remote control? Etc.
Traffic lights in my area are "programmed" to watch for police lights and change when they detect them. I'm pretty certain similar systems can be added for cars. (They do this by detecting a specific frequency on the visible spectrum that can only be used by emergency vehicles. Theoretically you could buy a device that would trigger the change. It's illegal but I would be surprised if the temptation of blowing by every autonomous vehicle *and* red light is a little to much for assholes to pass up.)
So what? Cartels will naturally fall apart given no government interference. It is in their best interests to cheat on this agreement. Its just like the prisoner's dilemma, while it might be best for all of them to cooperate, they won't because they want an advantage over their competitors. Cartels never last so long as there is a lack of government involvement.
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Have you compared the Chinese constitution to the actions of their government?
You should check out http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/constitution/constitution.html - specifically "CHAPTER II. THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS"
Finally, my biggest complaint with Christians in general is that more often than not they themselves pick and choose which portions of the Bible are true. Just look at the anti-abortion types in the States who also want to cut back on Social Security or Medicare -- a position that is clearly not "pro-life", nor follows through with Jesus' adminitions to take care of the least fortunate. If you wish to use Jesus' teachings as the basis of your ethics, fine -- but either be consistent, or be prepared to be exposed as a hypocrite.
As I'm related to many of these Christians and conversed with them about this:
It's not that 'social security' and 'medicare' are bad concepts in and of themselves. They just think it's "the Church's" rather than "the Government's" place to provide these services.
Granted, "the Church" has existed longer than "the Government" on the American continent. So if you're ever in this conversation, press for information on efficacy of "the Church" vs "the Government" historically.
Worry not, citizen, these technologies are only used to catch criminals!
I think fire should be fought with fire.
I demand blood samples and fingerprints from all Americans entering the EU.
And a cavity search.
Don't think that will phase us much. We get that on the way out as well.
Also a midwestern smartass; however, it appears the east coast still bests the midwest:
Rank State Revenue per capita
District of Columbia $34,665.63
35 Delaware $19,493.95
16 Connecticut $15,485.74
9 Minnesota $15,141.03
6 New Jersey $14,008.70
2 New York $12,678.84
12 Massachusetts$11,594.60
37 Rhode Island $11,312.59
33 Nebraska $10,731.19
5 Illinois $10,539.40
Anyone have technical details for the reactors?
Of course! Just let us know your location and we'll send a team to deliver them. Sincerely, The FBI
I wish I had mod points. Well played, sir, well played.
So we're potentially looking at a couple of reactors we could ship "spent" fuel to burn it further?
Anyone have technical details for the reactors?
Most humans are pretty crappy at life. What they're good at is compromising ideals and rationalizing inadequacies.
FTFY
Citation on half-life experiments?
Cases like this show an understandable lack of understanding about how this technology works.
As others have pointed out, going after an indexing service is pointless; however, I find it understandable. Google is the first point of contact to this content for millions of internet users. So, looking from the outside, I can understand how someone would confuse that with providing access to the content.
I hope that Google's laywers are able to make courts in the UK and Japan understand their role in the internet ecosystem.
There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system. - Ayn Rand
Note: I don't agree with most of Ms. Rand's sentiments, but this is proving increasingly true.
I find the lack of comments on this story disturbing.
Are Americans so jaded that we can't be bothered to comment on a story about an internal spy agency increasing their capacity to snoop on us?
I for one am outraged that my tax dollars are wasted on things like this. I'm sick of the governmental alphabet soup eroding our rights.
Please, join me in voting 3rd party. Boycott Republicrats. Talk your friends into boycotting Republicrats. Talk them into voting if you have to. (Statistically speaking likely.)
I'm not sure if the Chinese are better at spying, or just get caught more often.
That would suggest they're worse at spying, not better.
Alternately, Western media reports on Chinese spys getting caught but not Western spies.
Ok, URL tagging doesn't work ...
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https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzdGFydHJhbXByb2plY3R8Z3g6NjBhZmQ1YTE3MzY2MTA0Mg&pli=1
1. Requires no materials we don't already have 2. Would allow for continuous launches. This tube could be used every 15 minutes or so for another payload 3. Fairly massively spaceships could be launched this way 4. Once you get into LEO, getting around in space is relatively easy and cheap.
Downsides : the forces involved here are extreme. There's enormous magnetic fields, the whole structure is suspended in the air, it's over 1000 miles long, and depends on various complex pieces of tech to not rip itself apart. If the vacuum leaks or the plasma window fails or a magnet gets too much current, a chunk or even the whole damn launcher could spectacularly fail.
In addition, the estimated costs have got to be a factor of 10 too optimistic. 60 billion dollars? For something constructed of tens of thousands of miles of superconducting cable and a structure made to aerospace engineering tolerances that is 1000 miles long? Even 600 billion sounds optimistic for something that large.
The Gizmag author forgot to read these guys web-page apparently.
Whitepaper
FAQ
The version the 'requires no materials we don't have today' is built into the side of a mountain and would kill any person you tried to launch using it. Basically a massive rail-gun for getting payloads to orbit. They're especially interested in space based solar power generation. (Because launching solar panels into space and beaming the power down to a receiving station near population centers is better than putting solar panels in the desert and running power to city centers via cables?)
[citation needed]
While I agree with you that good press for the LHC is good for theoretical physics in general, I have to disagree that finding the Higgs at the Tevatron instead of the LHC would be bad for the field more broadly.
The assumption here appears to be that whichever site discovered the device first would have increased funding. So far as I know the LHC has funding (for now at least.) The Tevatron is lost to the world of theoretical physics. So, if finding the Higgs will extend the life of the Tevatron, that means more resources available in total for the physics community.
Or do you think there's only enough demand for high energy collisions to keep one collider in business?
WD has to sell Toshiba Hitachi's desktop HD assets, not their own. So you can continue to buy your raptors.
Since we obviously can't vote our way out of this crap (since all players are bought long before they even get their fucking name on a ballot), what's next?
If you're not interested in pre-bought politicians, don't vote democrat or republican. Vote independent, libertarian, green. Talk all of your friends into voting for yourself. Anything but voting for the plutocrats.
If at all possible, find candidates that are interested in real campaign finance reform.
Creating fancy new entitlements like Obamacare just make the collapse come that much sooner.
Sorry kids. there is no free lunch. (or free medical care, or free retirement, or free anything.) We simply cannot afford to lie to ourselves about it anymore.
I agree with your second sentiment; however, I would caution you not to lie to yourself about "obamacare." http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/health.cfm
Meaning either they're too busy counting how many pitchforks and torches are headed their way.. or... they are merely waiting for the mafiaa to sweeten their payoffs.
I see that not only is the US exporting bad copyright policy, we're exporting cynicism as well.
I think the question isn't so much "would the police be legally allowed to do it" as "how would a policeman actually go about doing it"?
Will the car be programmed to watch for lights and a siren and pull itself over when it 'sees' them? Or would the policeman need to send a special "pull over" signal on a remote control? Etc.
Traffic lights in my area are "programmed" to watch for police lights and change when they detect them. I'm pretty certain similar systems can be added for cars. (They do this by detecting a specific frequency on the visible spectrum that can only be used by emergency vehicles. Theoretically you could buy a device that would trigger the change. It's illegal but I would be surprised if the temptation of blowing by every autonomous vehicle *and* red light is a little to much for assholes to pass up.)
So what? Cartels will naturally fall apart given no government interference. It is in their best interests to cheat on this agreement. Its just like the prisoner's dilemma, while it might be best for all of them to cooperate, they won't because they want an advantage over their competitors. Cartels never last so long as there is a lack of government involvement.
[Citation Needed]
Ok, apparently url tagging doesn't work. Here's my citations:
Rating agencies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19amWOc1GJ8
Mass media: http://www.progressiveliving.org/mass_media_and_politics.htm - http://www.wifp.org/MassMedia.html - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership
Presidential donors: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cid=N00009638
Communism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
Socialism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
Corporateocracy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy