Does nobody read the news? Hello? Google? They are moving into the ISP market offering fiber to the curb at insane speeds. They are putting pressure on the established players and if they don't shape up Google is going to eat them for breakfast. The internet depends on net neutrality and if the established ISPs won't provide it other internet businesses that depend on the internet will.
Its called the Defense Budget for a reason. What do we really need to defend against? Not foreign governments. We haven't needed to defend ourselves against a foreign government since the Cold War. Mad works. All that is left is extremists. What additional training would the military need? They have the best logistics in the world. Did you see the invasion of Iraq on TV. The logistics are amazing. You think if someone dropped a Nuke on one of the US cities that FEMA would be there to restore order? No the military is already set up for it. Who does the biological disaster training? I'm pretty sure it is the National Guard, not FEMA. Besides, look how China handles natural disasters, there military is on top of it and on the scene within hours. They are the only organization with the resources, authority and power to actually do anything in an emergency. There is was no clear chain of command for FEMA pre Katrina and I doubt it has improved that much since. The Coast Guard, National Guard and other parts of the Military are already equipped and trained enough to handle a major disaster, it wouldn't take much additional training in order to move FEMA's responsibilities under some department in the Pentagon. Army bases are all over the world and could be stocked with disaster relief equipment and then quickly and easily mobilized and air dropped to any location in the world.
It is obvious, however buddy political appointments and the status quo keep a lot of obvious and good ideas from ever gaining traction through all the bureaucracy, especially when that means closing down an entire segment of the government. It is really easy to expand government it is almost impossible to retract it.
Why the hell do we need FEMA? Isn't that why we have the largest military (budget) in the world? The National Guard and the Air force should have immediately mobilized to New Orleans just hours after the storm cleared. Supplies should have been air dropped from Dobbins Air Force Base and other nearby bases. The military is organized and equipped. FEMA is just bureaucracy, its better the use the resources at hand.
Not an issue in chrome. When you mouse over the full URL is displayed in the bottom corner of the browser, this keeps you from getting pwned if you pay attention.
Fail. Even that has limits. It is limited by population and death from stupidity. If you manage to do something so stupid it wipes out every living human you've just managed to reach the human stupidity limit.
Apple. Their platform, their closed system. If they choose to keep it closed that is their problem. Let the consumers choose and get the new Google tablet that has flash enabled and let Apple die. Adobe shouldn't be able to use the court system to bully their way into a market.
Glad someone else brought up paintball, because it would be awesome to arm these things with paintball guns. You could add bots to your paintball matches, that would be awesome!
Because a rolling stop may be against the letter of the law, but it isn't against the spirit of the law. It is the kind of violation where if there is no harm there should be no foul, however if you caused an accident because of it then you should get an additional fine. Most likely when you do a rolling stop you see the intersection is clear, if not instead of rolling through the intersection you come to a complete stop. People are to quick to pass judgement on others, why don't more people have mercy on others? Wouldn't you be grateful if when you went to the judge he just gave you a warning instead of taking away several hours worth of pay?
Google is doing just fine on there own. They are bucking norms and the consumers are rewarding them for it.
That being said, having the android market searchable online with a lot more filters would be nice; turning over control not so much. I really don't want to be tethered to Verizon's or T-mobiles wishes. I prefer the openness of the android platform. If I didn't want the openness I'd have bought and iPhone.
Isn't this the golden egg of Facebook, I though this is what they were selling. That data is fascinating, it is completely anonymous, yet at the same time very insightful for marketing purposes. I think Facebook is just upset because they plan on selling the same data that Pete was.
I really wish there was an "awesome" mod. I guess I could mod it insightful. It wasn't really funny. There have been lots of times I've wanted to mod something "awesome" and just don't know how to categorize it. Maybe next time I'll use informative.
They have started doing this in many schools. It used to be that you would get sent to the principal and get in school or out of school suspension for "assault"; now they have police in the schools and kids get arrested for this crap and sent to jail. Trust me that is not the right solution and we are worse off because of it.
One the prime reasons that cyber bullying is of particular focus now is that you simply can't escape it.
Um, log out? Don't use Facebook? Ignore it? Who says you have to participate in social media, can't you actually just be social instead?
My job is spent on a computer all day. You know what I do when I get off work, turn off the computer! Computers are very useful for business, entertainment and even keeping track of your friends; however you don't need to spend all your time tweeting and playing on Facebook. Actually be social, go out and do something and log out and ignore the crap. Delete your Facebook profile or make it private and only let your closest friends and family actually use it. I login to my Facebook account maybe twice a year to check on old friends that I don't keep in touch with regularly. Other than that I really have no need for it, if I want to find out something about someone I go and talk to them or call them.
There are bullies all over in the real grown up world, part of school is learning how to deal with bullies. This girl failed that part of school, too bad the consequences for an F in socialization is death. The same is true in the real world.
I wonder what the final altitude is before the balloon bursts? The next person to make one of these needs to put an altimeter in it, preferably one that can can stamp the images with the altitude.
Also how hard would it be to make one of these to carry a person? If Virgin Galactic is going to charge $200,000 to carry someone to the edge of space, wouldn't it be cooler to ride a balloon to space and then parachute back to earth?
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Does nobody read the news? Hello? Google? They are moving into the ISP market offering fiber to the curb at insane speeds. They are putting pressure on the established players and if they don't shape up Google is going to eat them for breakfast. The internet depends on net neutrality and if the established ISPs won't provide it other internet businesses that depend on the internet will.
Its called the Defense Budget for a reason. What do we really need to defend against? Not foreign governments. We haven't needed to defend ourselves against a foreign government since the Cold War. Mad works. All that is left is extremists. What additional training would the military need? They have the best logistics in the world. Did you see the invasion of Iraq on TV. The logistics are amazing. You think if someone dropped a Nuke on one of the US cities that FEMA would be there to restore order? No the military is already set up for it. Who does the biological disaster training? I'm pretty sure it is the National Guard, not FEMA. Besides, look how China handles natural disasters, there military is on top of it and on the scene within hours. They are the only organization with the resources, authority and power to actually do anything in an emergency. There is was no clear chain of command for FEMA pre Katrina and I doubt it has improved that much since. The Coast Guard, National Guard and other parts of the Military are already equipped and trained enough to handle a major disaster, it wouldn't take much additional training in order to move FEMA's responsibilities under some department in the Pentagon. Army bases are all over the world and could be stocked with disaster relief equipment and then quickly and easily mobilized and air dropped to any location in the world.
It is obvious, however buddy political appointments and the status quo keep a lot of obvious and good ideas from ever gaining traction through all the bureaucracy, especially when that means closing down an entire segment of the government. It is really easy to expand government it is almost impossible to retract it.
Why the hell do we need FEMA? Isn't that why we have the largest military (budget) in the world? The National Guard and the Air force should have immediately mobilized to New Orleans just hours after the storm cleared. Supplies should have been air dropped from Dobbins Air Force Base and other nearby bases. The military is organized and equipped. FEMA is just bureaucracy, its better the use the resources at hand.
Why can't the planes just fly lower than 20,000 ft until they are out from under the cloud of ash? Then adjust to normal cruising altitude.
So are you a girl or are you gay? Everyone knows the only thing on Chatroulette is cock.
Not an issue in chrome. When you mouse over the full URL is displayed in the bottom corner of the browser, this keeps you from getting pwned if you pay attention.
Fail. Even that has limits. It is limited by population and death from stupidity. If you manage to do something so stupid it wipes out every living human you've just managed to reach the human stupidity limit.
Then it is perfect for all the /. basement dwellers. When would they ever have more than one person in their basement?
Apple. Their platform, their closed system. If they choose to keep it closed that is their problem. Let the consumers choose and get the new Google tablet that has flash enabled and let Apple die. Adobe shouldn't be able to use the court system to bully their way into a market.
Jesus, Martin Luther, Ghandi, Martin Luther King - All nice guys with armies.
Glad someone else brought up paintball, because it would be awesome to arm these things with paintball guns. You could add bots to your paintball matches, that would be awesome!
I think this is what you are looking for.
Because a rolling stop may be against the letter of the law, but it isn't against the spirit of the law. It is the kind of violation where if there is no harm there should be no foul, however if you caused an accident because of it then you should get an additional fine. Most likely when you do a rolling stop you see the intersection is clear, if not instead of rolling through the intersection you come to a complete stop. People are to quick to pass judgement on others, why don't more people have mercy on others? Wouldn't you be grateful if when you went to the judge he just gave you a warning instead of taking away several hours worth of pay?
Google is doing just fine on there own. They are bucking norms and the consumers are rewarding them for it.
That being said, having the android market searchable online with a lot more filters would be nice; turning over control not so much. I really don't want to be tethered to Verizon's or T-mobiles wishes. I prefer the openness of the android platform. If I didn't want the openness I'd have bought and iPhone.
Isn't this the golden egg of Facebook, I though this is what they were selling. That data is fascinating, it is completely anonymous, yet at the same time very insightful for marketing purposes. I think Facebook is just upset because they plan on selling the same data that Pete was.
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I really wish there was an "awesome" mod. I guess I could mod it insightful. It wasn't really funny. There have been lots of times I've wanted to mod something "awesome" and just don't know how to categorize it. Maybe next time I'll use informative.
They have started doing this in many schools. It used to be that you would get sent to the principal and get in school or out of school suspension for "assault"; now they have police in the schools and kids get arrested for this crap and sent to jail. Trust me that is not the right solution and we are worse off because of it.
One the prime reasons that cyber bullying is of particular focus now is that you simply can't escape it.
Um, log out? Don't use Facebook? Ignore it? Who says you have to participate in social media, can't you actually just be social instead?
My job is spent on a computer all day. You know what I do when I get off work, turn off the computer! Computers are very useful for business, entertainment and even keeping track of your friends; however you don't need to spend all your time tweeting and playing on Facebook. Actually be social, go out and do something and log out and ignore the crap. Delete your Facebook profile or make it private and only let your closest friends and family actually use it. I login to my Facebook account maybe twice a year to check on old friends that I don't keep in touch with regularly. Other than that I really have no need for it, if I want to find out something about someone I go and talk to them or call them.
There are bullies all over in the real grown up world, part of school is learning how to deal with bullies. This girl failed that part of school, too bad the consequences for an F in socialization is death. The same is true in the real world.
You've forgotten high school so quickly. 17-18 are seniors in high school, but they are still high schoolers and still very immature.
You mean like this one?
This makes it perfect for communicating spy messages. This is awesome espionage communication, it self destructs and everything!
That is cool as, well it just set the bar for what is cool. Thank you.
I wonder what the final altitude is before the balloon bursts? The next person to make one of these needs to put an altimeter in it, preferably one that can can stamp the images with the altitude.
Also how hard would it be to make one of these to carry a person? If Virgin Galactic is going to charge $200,000 to carry someone to the edge of space, wouldn't it be cooler to ride a balloon to space and then parachute back to earth?
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I don't have anything to worry about right?