Clearly the Higgs Boson was contained within an SEP field.
Which suggests that we are one step closer to actually creating an infinite improbability drive - the ramifications of which are... well I don't know, but they are at least big, possibly huge.
ICANN is considered a strategic U.S. asset. And that's where the problem lies.
The strategic value of ICANN is right up there with the strategic value of a melting snowflake. If ever the US tried to leverage this value it would instantly disappear.
However, as long as there is a perceived strategic value, we shall all dance this merry dance.
The solution is to deal with the perception not the reality.
With all this time spent arguing about who should control the Internet and how everybody hates the US and how everybody loves the US and how the UN is corrupt and how the UN is not corrupt and how everyone except you is a communist and nobody's a communist and China is a big country and Europeans eat French food and Kim Jong Il wants to use the Internet to enslave all of mankind with sharks and laser beams; not once, not even one single time did anyone stop and ask ICANN what they wanted.
I completely agreed with your sentiment, however, on thinking about it for a minute, from a strictly accounting point of the view the French courts are completely correct.
The cost of the book to you is:
Cost of the Book + Cost of Shipping
Now the shipping is outside of Amazon's control because it goes through a third party (i.e. the postal service) and so they cannot offer free shipping (only the postal service can do that), but what they can do is reduce the cost of the book in order to offset the cost of the shipping - in which case the court is absolutely correct. The book is being sold at a discount - and if that's more than 5%, they're breaking the law.
Now on the other hand: for "The French Bookseller's Union" methinks read bunch of lazy bastards who don't want anyone ripping into their cushy cartel.
The written word itself is probably an out-dated mode of data transfer for the modern human being and I wonder will we see it replaced.
The letters and words that we use in everyday communication were designed or more correctly evolved hundreds or thousands of years ago by people who needed a quick solution to a problem at hand - rather than a well considered and engineered mechanism for communication.
Maybe in the future someone might actually come up with the lettering solution that results in much high reading/comprehension speeds. (And I'm not talking about Esperanto which is just a hotch-potch of the original problem).
I often think that maybe dyslexics, rather than being disabled, are in fact people whose brains are too fast for the written word the rest of us use - and that's why they have problems reading. Every dyslexic person I know has no patience for information at all. (I'm no expert though - I'm not even dyslexic).
turn on the computer, then grab coffee, catch up with coworkers, or look at paperwork while Windows boots up. Ever think of that? My boss wants fast boot ups, but then my boss also wants projects delivered on time - and I wish him all the best with that.
Call me at 10.30. I'll probably be in the kitchen. Well coffee doesn't brew itself, you know!
These people didn't even try, they deserve to lose all their documents, and their money and their dogs should be shot too. I have no sympathy for them.
Something just clicked (based on what you've said)...
When I went to University and learnt all about chemistry and physics and management and other engineeringy type stuff, all that knowledge was pretty much open source. At least, it was available in any good library.
Once I got out of there, I basically was making money from the understanding I had of this 'open source' knowledge - by applying it to fulfilling a specific customer's (or employer's) needs.
That's a really good point you make - I'd never thought of it like that.
If I am suggesting anything, it is that life is cruel and that is bad thing. Or, if you are looking for a less fatalistic point of view, that it would be a good thing if the process of drug research could be made more efficient and accelerated (if that is even possible) in order to avoid suffering that is forced upon us by the conditions of the process, while being potentially needless.
A close friend of mine has MS, and I feel the same problem exists here as with 'cures' for that.
These breakthroughs are great but how many people are there for which this will be just too late?
Therein lies the problem: either the trial is too easy and all sorts of rubbish gets through (and there is little impetus to find a real cure) or the trial is too hard and many many people needlessly suffer.
I hope they find a cure soon, because she's a really nice person and doesn't deserve it.
Where I work at the moment, there is an official policy of supporting only IE - using anything else is 'a sackable offence'. Still looking around, most people use Firefox. I think there is a huge difference between what the CIO and his minions define as IE usage based on policy, and actual usage.
There are of course the usual technical neandertals who boast that IE is a much better tool for them to use, and Firefox is too complicated - even though (a) they've never used it and (b) IE7 has ripped most of the features off already. They're sticking with the 'proper' browser.
They are completely right of course: I wouldn't let a 5 year old play doctors with a scalpel. Remember, Microsoft is to computers what Fisher Price is to surgery.
I remember watching the the original GWB v Al fight for the presidency, which I think opened up to the whole world the complexity of the US election system. Now the current race is spot-lighting the nomination process - which adds another layer of complexity.
BTW I think Hilary, like it or not, will probably go a long way to improving the US's reputation abroad, mainly because she is a republican in a democrat dress (and sure isn't Arnold a democrat in a republican dress). How she is on other things, I don't know.
Another interesting thing from Europe is that most of the newspapers here had headlines this morning proclaiming Obama's victory and the dismal end of the Clinton campaign. Tut! Tut! Tut! Shouldn't let a deadline get in the way of reporting the facts.
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Clearly the Higgs Boson was contained within an SEP field.
Which suggests that we are one step closer to actually creating an infinite improbability drive - the ramifications of which are... well I don't know, but they are at least big, possibly huge.
The strategic value of ICANN is right up there with the strategic value of a melting snowflake. If ever the US tried to leverage this value it would instantly disappear.
However, as long as there is a perceived strategic value, we shall all dance this merry dance.
The solution is to deal with the perception not the reality.
With all this time spent arguing about who should control the Internet and how everybody hates the US and how everybody loves the US and how the UN is corrupt and how the UN is not corrupt and how everyone except you is a communist and nobody's a communist and China is a big country and Europeans eat French food and Kim Jong Il wants to use the Internet to enslave all of mankind with sharks and laser beams; not once, not even one single time did anyone stop and ask ICANN what they wanted.
Shame on you all!
I'll just use my usual excuse: It's not porn, it's art.
That's strange coz I have to say I did feel a little lighter on Saturday.
Yeah, but she must have a great rack with some open slots.
Check it out!
Oh fsck off!
Words, eh! Who'd have though they could have more than one meaning:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=theory
Evolution would be under definition #1, whereas creationism comes under definition #7.
Did Creationist Museums and Humans actually co-exist?
(god, I hope this shit isn't still about in a 1000 years).
I completely agreed with your sentiment, however, on thinking about it for a minute, from a strictly accounting point of the view the French courts are completely correct.
The cost of the book to you is:
Cost of the Book + Cost of Shipping
Now the shipping is outside of Amazon's control because it goes through a third party (i.e. the postal service) and so they cannot offer free shipping (only the postal service can do that), but what they can do is reduce the cost of the book in order to offset the cost of the shipping - in which case the court is absolutely correct. The book is being sold at a discount - and if that's more than 5%, they're breaking the law.
Now on the other hand: for "The French Bookseller's Union" methinks read bunch of lazy bastards who don't want anyone ripping into their cushy cartel.
Let me tell you something! I was using the Dewey Decimal system when you were in Nappies (diapers).
No seriously, I was.
The written word itself is probably an out-dated mode of data transfer for the modern human being and I wonder will we see it replaced.
The letters and words that we use in everyday communication were designed or more correctly evolved hundreds or thousands of years ago by people who needed a quick solution to a problem at hand - rather than a well considered and engineered mechanism for communication.
Maybe in the future someone might actually come up with the lettering solution that results in much high reading/comprehension speeds. (And I'm not talking about Esperanto which is just a hotch-potch of the original problem).
I often think that maybe dyslexics, rather than being disabled, are in fact people whose brains are too fast for the written word the rest of us use - and that's why they have problems reading. Every dyslexic person I know has no patience for information at all. (I'm no expert though - I'm not even dyslexic).
Call me at 10.30. I'll probably be in the kitchen. Well coffee doesn't brew itself, you know!
What was their TeX hand broken?
These people didn't even try, they deserve to lose all their documents, and their money and their dogs should be shot too. I have no sympathy for them.
...here.
Sorry, I couldn't resist it.
is trying to compensate for something, methinks.
Something just clicked (based on what you've said)...
When I went to University and learnt all about chemistry and physics and management and other engineeringy type stuff, all that knowledge was pretty much open source. At least, it was available in any good library.
Once I got out of there, I basically was making money from the understanding I had of this 'open source' knowledge - by applying it to fulfilling a specific customer's (or employer's) needs.
That's a really good point you make - I'd never thought of it like that.
That's a hell of a leap.
If I am suggesting anything, it is that life is cruel and that is bad thing. Or, if you are looking for a less fatalistic point of view, that it would be a good thing if the process of drug research could be made more efficient and accelerated (if that is even possible) in order to avoid suffering that is forced upon us by the conditions of the process, while being potentially needless.
Anything else is pure supposition on your part.
A close friend of mine has MS, and I feel the same problem exists here as with 'cures' for that.
These breakthroughs are great but how many people are there for which this will be just too late?
Therein lies the problem: either the trial is too easy and all sorts of rubbish gets through (and there is little impetus to find a real cure) or the trial is too hard and many many people needlessly suffer.
I hope they find a cure soon, because she's a really nice person and doesn't deserve it.
Where I work at the moment, there is an official policy of supporting only IE - using anything else is 'a sackable offence'. Still looking around, most people use Firefox. I think there is a huge difference between what the CIO and his minions define as IE usage based on policy, and actual usage.
There are of course the usual technical neandertals who boast that IE is a much better tool for them to use, and Firefox is too complicated - even though (a) they've never used it and (b) IE7 has ripped most of the features off already. They're sticking with the 'proper' browser.
They are completely right of course: I wouldn't let a 5 year old play doctors with a scalpel. Remember, Microsoft is to computers what Fisher Price is to surgery.
Slartibartfast - The virtual fjord designer.
WTF?
I remember watching the the original GWB v Al fight for the presidency, which I think opened up to the whole world the complexity of the US election system. Now the current race is spot-lighting the nomination process - which adds another layer of complexity.
BTW I think Hilary, like it or not, will probably go a long way to improving the US's reputation abroad,
mainly because she is a republican in a democrat dress (and sure isn't Arnold a democrat in a republican dress). How she is on other things, I don't know.
Another interesting thing from Europe is that most of the newspapers here had headlines this morning proclaiming Obama's victory and the dismal end of the Clinton campaign. Tut! Tut! Tut! Shouldn't let a deadline get in the way of reporting the facts.
Prime Directive and all that.
It might have been better for Vista if it had remained vaporware.