What's wrong with idea for "Terminator: The Musical!"? I think that's the best idea ever to come out of Joss Whedon! With hit songs like "I'll be Bach!" and "Hasta la vista, baby, baby, baby!" how can it possibly fail?
My point was, if we can't even begin to travel to or explore exoplanets for another 50 years, what does it matter if the search for them is delayed for a few years now? We will still have found plenty of them before we have the technology to do anything about them! I didn't say exploration wasn't a worthwhile goal in and of itself, I said knowing where those planets are right now doesn't do us a bit of good. It's like my philosophy of going to the doctor; if what he tells me doesn't change anything about the way I live my life, then what is the point of going in the first place?
Don't know about the UK, aren't there any per-byte charges on a pay-as-you-go 3g plan? Unless it is truly "unlimited", (e.g. "go ahead and run you web server over it, we don't care!") there are going to be some serious downloading charges; it may in fact be cheaper to just buy the damn DVD or CD.
If i said Mr. ComaGuy downloaded a video, he is instantly GUILTY. Full stop. No more argument nor defense. The act of me claiming he did something is all it takes to be guilty of this law, having done so or not, or even being able to do so, never comes into play.
Three people do that to Mr. ComaGuy, and when he wakes up he is banned from the internet. Well, in defense of your hypothetical "i", Mr. ComaGuy has said absolutely nothing in his own defense, and he wasn't using that internet connection anyway!
Three people do that to Mr. ComaGuy, and when he wakes up he is banned from the internet. Can't it be the same person doing it three times, which poses a much greater possibility for misuse?
Even if you are fluent in both languages, it is a pain in the arse. If typing is a pain in the arse for you... well then, you're obviously doing it wrong!
In general, I really don't see any benefit to non-latin URLs; most webpages are accessed through links, and most people type URLs into Google anyway to let it Google correct their typos for them. People can't type URLs correctly now; how are they going to type mixed character set URLs correctly?
Can't they just change the name from "The Pirate Bay" to "The Good Friends of Copyright Holders Who Would Never Even Think of Condoning downloading of Copyrighted Materials Bay", and then carry on business as usual? Isn't "closing" a domain and changing the registered domain name the same thing? Large corporations undergo name changes to obscure their sleazy reputation all the time -- why can't the Pirate Bay?
Rephrase the question: Will a GPS solution that requires a 3G connection to work replace a stand-alone solution? No, at least in those areas which don't have good 3G connectivity -- like almost anywhere I'd want to go hiking, for instance. Hell, I've driven in suburbs where Google Maps on the Android didn't work, and I was forced to navigate the old fashioned way. Yeah, the article says the same thing.
As a side note, the Google Maps data is not always correct. What Google Maps shows as the street my house is on is not a street at all, but rather the driveway of one of my neighbors. Vendors keep telling me "Oh no, I don't need directions, I've got GPS!" then wind up at my neighbor's house, and THEN they call for directions.
501km = 311 miles, about the range most gasoline vehicles get on a tank of gas. If it was affordable, this would definitely make a viable replacement for a petroleum fueled vehicle. Now, if we could just do something about the cost of the batteries so that average people could buy one...
Touch screen devices should be banned while driving because you have to look at them to use them, there is no way to "touch-type" on a touch screen.
For people like me that suffer from night blindness, the several cop cars with extremely bright flashing lights that Washington State lines up along the side of the road every time they do highway maintenance at night actually make things less safe. Here's a hint: I can tell you are doing maintenance by the orange signs. When you shine bright lights into my eyes while I'm driving, I CAN"T SEE, and I'm much MORE likely to run over someone who steps into my path! Could we please ban bright lights on cop cars, at least for non-emergency use?
If the bank mistakenly deposits money to your account and you don't return it, you are guilty of theft. However, if he never withdrew the funds, I don't see what grounds the bank has for a lawsuit. In this case, obviously the man knew he was not entitled to the money, so yes, he is guilty of theft. It's pretty hard to have $470,000 show up in your account and not notice!
It also means any funeral home that holds services for a deceased stoner is also in possession of a controlled substance, since THC collects in the fatty tissues. The law should focus on the amount of controlled substance (THC) present, not the weight of the solution in which the controlled substance is dissolved, which is irrelevant. Also, shouldn't the court need to prove there was actually some intention to drink the bong water in order to become intoxicated? If you are drinking bong water to get high (eww!), it is no different from smoking it.
The one kneeling is the woman. The two standing up are guys. And, since these are actually modern humans wearing makeup to make them look like someone envisioned a neanderthal would have looked, most of us actually WOULD "hit that".
But if they had no viable offspring, then no Neanderthal traits would be passed on to Humans, and vice versa, so we wouldn't see any evidence of Neanderthal DNA in Humans or of Human DNA in Neanderthals. That they shared technology is pretty much a given.
In our defense, the dolphins themselves are pretty promiscuous! Dolphins and dogs both appear willing to hump animals outside their own species; I'm sure there are other examples.
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The punishment SHOULD fit the crime. What do you suggest the sentence for spammers should be?
What's wrong with idea for "Terminator: The Musical!"? I think that's the best idea ever to come out of Joss Whedon! With hit songs like "I'll be Bach!" and "Hasta la vista, baby, baby, baby!" how can it possibly fail?
4.8Tb is about 100 hdls/second. That's a big pipe! Put it in units everyone can understand: 4.8Tbps is about 100 XXX DVDs per second!
My point was, if we can't even begin to travel to or explore exoplanets for another 50 years, what does it matter if the search for them is delayed for a few years now? We will still have found plenty of them before we have the technology to do anything about them! I didn't say exploration wasn't a worthwhile goal in and of itself, I said knowing where those planets are right now doesn't do us a bit of good. It's like my philosophy of going to the doctor; if what he tells me doesn't change anything about the way I live my life, then what is the point of going in the first place?
Don't know about the UK, aren't there any per-byte charges on a pay-as-you-go 3g plan? Unless it is truly "unlimited", (e.g. "go ahead and run you web server over it, we don't care!") there are going to be some serious downloading charges; it may in fact be cheaper to just buy the damn DVD or CD.
If i said Mr. ComaGuy downloaded a video, he is instantly GUILTY. Full stop. No more argument nor defense. The act of me claiming he did something is all it takes to be guilty of this law, having done so or not, or even being able to do so, never comes into play. Three people do that to Mr. ComaGuy, and when he wakes up he is banned from the internet. Well, in defense of your hypothetical "i", Mr. ComaGuy has said absolutely nothing in his own defense, and he wasn't using that internet connection anyway!
Three people do that to Mr. ComaGuy, and when he wakes up he is banned from the internet. Can't it be the same person doing it three times, which poses a much greater possibility for misuse?
It is legally theft. Not a problem if you give the money back; big problem if you've already spent it.
That pushes back the date I'll actually be able to visit those planets by at least two years!
What? You say we weren't planning on doing anything useful with the data anyway? Well in that case... who cares?!?
English: the de facto Lingua Franca of the web!
Even if you are fluent in both languages, it is a pain in the arse. If typing is a pain in the arse for you... well then, you're obviously doing it wrong!
In general, I really don't see any benefit to non-latin URLs; most webpages are accessed through links, and most people type URLs into Google anyway to let it Google correct their typos for them. People can't type URLs correctly now; how are they going to type mixed character set URLs correctly?
Can't they just change the name from "The Pirate Bay" to "The Good Friends of Copyright Holders Who Would Never Even Think of Condoning downloading of Copyrighted Materials Bay", and then carry on business as usual? Isn't "closing" a domain and changing the registered domain name the same thing? Large corporations undergo name changes to obscure their sleazy reputation all the time -- why can't the Pirate Bay?
Rephrase the question: Will a GPS solution that requires a 3G connection to work replace a stand-alone solution? No, at least in those areas which don't have good 3G connectivity -- like almost anywhere I'd want to go hiking, for instance. Hell, I've driven in suburbs where Google Maps on the Android didn't work, and I was forced to navigate the old fashioned way. Yeah, the article says the same thing.
As a side note, the Google Maps data is not always correct. What Google Maps shows as the street my house is on is not a street at all, but rather the driveway of one of my neighbors. Vendors keep telling me "Oh no, I don't need directions, I've got GPS!" then wind up at my neighbor's house, and THEN they call for directions.
You know what they say about West Texas: the wind doesn't blow there -- it sucks!
501km = 311 miles, about the range most gasoline vehicles get on a tank of gas. If it was affordable, this would definitely make a viable replacement for a petroleum fueled vehicle. Now, if we could just do something about the cost of the batteries so that average people could buy one...
Touch screen devices should be banned while driving because you have to look at them to use them, there is no way to "touch-type" on a touch screen.
For people like me that suffer from night blindness, the several cop cars with extremely bright flashing lights that Washington State lines up along the side of the road every time they do highway maintenance at night actually make things less safe. Here's a hint: I can tell you are doing maintenance by the orange signs. When you shine bright lights into my eyes while I'm driving, I CAN"T SEE, and I'm much MORE likely to run over someone who steps into my path! Could we please ban bright lights on cop cars, at least for non-emergency use?
Heck, if you brought one into the future they would fit right in. They could probably even get a good job, doing advertisements for Geico!
If the bank mistakenly deposits money to your account and you don't return it, you are guilty of theft. However, if he never withdrew the funds, I don't see what grounds the bank has for a lawsuit.
In this case, obviously the man knew he was not entitled to the money, so yes, he is guilty of theft. It's pretty hard to have $470,000 show up in your account and not notice!
It also means any funeral home that holds services for a deceased stoner is also in possession of a controlled substance, since THC collects in the fatty tissues. The law should focus on the amount of controlled substance (THC) present, not the weight of the solution in which the controlled substance is dissolved, which is irrelevant. Also, shouldn't the court need to prove there was actually some intention to drink the bong water in order to become intoxicated? If you are drinking bong water to get high (eww!), it is no different from smoking it.
The one kneeling is the woman. The two standing up are guys. And, since these are actually modern humans wearing makeup to make them look like someone envisioned a neanderthal would have looked, most of us actually WOULD "hit that".
Uh, no... that was the alien women's motivation in fucking him. Why else would any of them engage in such an unpleasant task?
But if they had no viable offspring, then no Neanderthal traits would be passed on to Humans, and vice versa, so we wouldn't see any evidence of Neanderthal DNA in Humans or of Human DNA in Neanderthals. That they shared technology is pretty much a given.
I believe you are citing Rule 34: If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions.
Damn... now you've given them ideas... (shudder) Neanderthal porn!
You're just jealous 'cause the neanderthals are getting more pussy than you do... so am I.
In our defense, the dolphins themselves are pretty promiscuous! Dolphins and dogs both appear willing to hump animals outside their own species; I'm sure there are other examples.
How many people looked at the neanderthal photo attached to this article and thought to themselves, "Yeah, I'd hit that!"?