the Ivy League nude posture photos were taken in the 1940s through the 1970s of all incoming freshmen at certain Ivy League and Seven Sisters colleges, ostensibly to gauge the rate and severity of rickets, scoliosis, and lordosis in the population.
>>> cannot copyright a fact
cannot may be too strong a word
A map of the subway is also a fact but the MTA-NY has on its maps and timetables:
"Please note that, except solely for your own personal and non-commercial use, no part of these documents may be copied or used without the prior written permission of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority."
However, my community through its HOA signed an bulk agreement with our local cable company to provide both internet and cable TV at a discount. Everyone wanted internet but only one-fourth wanted cable TV. Every house is connected for both internet and cable TV but you pay the HOA only for what you use (honor system). It is not part of your HOA dues but you pay it with your HOA dues.
For those who want premium features, the cable company has a la carte pricing.
For individual problems, I have my neighbors contact the cable company. For more systemic problems, I step in and contact cable to ensure better service.
This arrangement is working for us.
There are also other communities (Great Oak Cohousing in Ann Arbor, MI, Eastern Village Cohousing in Silver Spring, MD and there are others) who also cooperatively arrange to bring the cost of broadband cheaper than we did. (They are larger communities and have more techies.)
So neighbors working cooperatively together can get services cheaper.
I also live on a private street. However in NC the street sign has a distinctive yellow tag that states "Private Street." So the street view of my area, the goggle van apparently stopped when it arrived at the edge of my community's property line.
That is a bit of a stretch.. From one of the links of the article, http://www.projectexploration.org/nigersaurus/meet.htm, "This bizarre-looking, long-necked plant-eating dinosaur is named Nigersaurus taqueti in honor of the country in which it was found (Niger) and a French paleontologist, Dr. Philippe Taquet, who led the first fossil expeditions to Niger in the 1960s."
I emailed my local teleco Verizon stating I was not pleased that my phone records were turned over to the NSA. Here is their response:
Dear R. Heinich,
Thank you for contacting the Verizon eCenter. My name is Jamie, and I will be handling your request today.
This message is in response to your email dated May 14, 2006. You inquired about the National Security Agency (NSA) news article. I will be happy to assist you.
We appreciate that the USA Today article and other reports about the possibility that the NSA is able to analyze local call data records is causing concern.
Please be assured that Verizon places the highest value on protecting the privacy of our customers.
Anything to do with the NSA is of course highly classified, so we can not comment on whether or not the news article causing concern is even accurate. But we can say that, to the extent that we cooperate with government authorities, we are confident that we are complying with all applicable statutes. We appreciate the continuing opportunity to provide you with service.
In 1968 when I was 16, a sophomore at Brentwood High School, I received a National Science Foundation sponsorship to Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. I learned FORTRAN II-D.
As part of my misspent youth, I along with few friends, created a dating program in FORTRAN which we hoped to offer at our high school.
Can anyone provide what the costs of other probes have been? (Even know the cost of putting up a weather satellite would help.) The New Horizon probe is costing $634,146 a pound which seems to me a tad expensive.
All the houses in my community have geothermal heat pumps. Our energy bill is 2/3 LESS than a comparable-built at the same time.
The only problem we had is that the compressor in the smaller House A had some problems but WaterFurnace replace them once the pattern developed.
Look at our web site, www.enocommons.org, for more info and send me via the web site if you need additional info.
"Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared Diamond tries to explain why the Europeans conquered the American Indians rather than the reverse.
Slashdot Mirror
The summary should be edited. your local data into the crowd
should be
your local data into the cloud
You can even see the movie version of this joke in "Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101921/quotes?qt0443462
the Ivy League nude posture photos were taken in the 1940s through the 1970s of all incoming freshmen at certain Ivy League and Seven Sisters colleges, ostensibly to gauge the rate and severity of rickets, scoliosis, and lordosis in the population.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League_nude_posture_photos
Back in the early sixties, there was similar concept using using rail cars. In fact, we had them as toys: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220553322344&ih=012&category=4146&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1
As the thread has brought up hijacking, I thought you all might enjoy this: http://www.spike.com/full-episode/hijack/33542
... be the person crying and begging them not to launch it at me.
Unless I was in your neighborhood, why would I cry if they launched at you?
>>> cannot copyright a fact
cannot may be too strong a word
A map of the subway is also a fact but the MTA-NY has on its maps and timetables:
"Please note that, except solely for your own personal and non-commercial use, no part of these documents may be copied or used without the prior written permission of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority."
http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/index.html
Would you be kind enough to provide a news link for this? I did a quick google search but I did receive any hits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#1994.E2.80.931997:_Attempts_at_reinvention
"In 1996, Michael Spindler was replaced by Gil Amelio as CEO. Gil Amelio made many changes at Apple, including massive layoffs"
Ok, I just had to respond to those who say it can't work, it can and it does.
Granted I live in a cohousing community, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohousing, so I will concede that we are not your typical HOA.
However, my community through its HOA signed an bulk agreement with our local cable company to provide both internet and cable TV at a discount. Everyone wanted internet but only one-fourth wanted cable TV. Every house is connected for both internet and cable TV but you pay the HOA only for what you use (honor system). It is not part of your HOA dues but you pay it with your HOA dues.
For those who want premium features, the cable company has a la carte pricing. For individual problems, I have my neighbors contact the cable company. For more systemic problems, I step in and contact cable to ensure better service.
This arrangement is working for us.
There are also other communities (Great Oak Cohousing in Ann Arbor, MI, Eastern Village Cohousing in Silver Spring, MD and there are others) who also cooperatively arrange to bring the cost of broadband cheaper than we did. (They are larger communities and have more techies.)
So neighbors working cooperatively together can get services cheaper.
I also live on a private street. However in NC the street sign has a distinctive yellow tag that states "Private Street." So the street view of my area, the goggle van apparently stopped when it arrived at the edge of my community's property line.
That is a bit of a stretch.. From one of the links of the article, http://www.projectexploration.org/nigersaurus/meet.htm, "This bizarre-looking, long-necked plant-eating dinosaur is named Nigersaurus taqueti in honor of the country in which it was found (Niger) and a French paleontologist, Dr. Philippe Taquet, who led the first fossil expeditions to Niger in the 1960s."
>>> in total there are some 10.000 warheads in service in the world
While I am not arguing with you, it was much worse. In the early 90s, there were about 70,000 weapons, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons#History
Yikes! Saw the error, there was a gratuitous space. http://editthis.info/images/jpl_rebadging/a/ab/Sui tability_Matrix_mods.pdf works.
The URL "http://editthis.info/images/jpl_rebadging/a/ab/S uitability_Matrix_mods.pdf" returns a 404, not found, error.
I emailed my local teleco Verizon stating I was not pleased that my phone records were turned over to the NSA. Here is their response:
Dear R. Heinich,
Thank you for contacting the Verizon eCenter. My name is Jamie, and I will be
handling your request today.
This message is in response to your email dated May 14, 2006. You inquired
about the National Security Agency (NSA) news article. I will be happy to
assist you.
We appreciate that the USA Today article and other reports about the possibility that the NSA is able to analyze local call data records is causing concern.
Please be assured that Verizon places the highest value on protecting the
privacy of our customers.
Anything to do with the NSA is of course highly classified, so we can not
comment on whether or not the news article causing concern is even accurate. But we can say that, to the extent that we cooperate with government authorities, we are confident that we are complying with all applicable statutes. We appreciate the continuing opportunity to provide you with service.
Sincerely,
Jamie
Verizon eCenter
In 1968 when I was 16, a sophomore at Brentwood High School, I received a National Science Foundation sponsorship to Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. I learned FORTRAN II-D.
As part of my misspent youth, I along with few friends, created a dating program in FORTRAN which we hoped to offer at our high school.
Can anyone provide what the costs of other probes have been? (Even know the cost of putting up a weather satellite would help.) The New Horizon probe is costing $634,146 a pound which seems to me a tad expensive.
I am surprised that no one has mentioned that we have had astronauts killed from this combination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
From the top of the article: "This page has been mentioned on Slashdot - please look out for vandalism."
All the houses in my community have geothermal heat pumps. Our energy bill is 2/3 LESS than a comparable-built at the same time. The only problem we had is that the compressor in the smaller House A had some problems but WaterFurnace replace them once the pattern developed. Look at our web site, www.enocommons.org, for more info and send me via the web site if you need additional info.
"Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared Diamond tries to explain why the Europeans conquered the American Indians rather than the reverse.