First I thought it said 'Nokia to take over Prison control System' Which freaked me out. Then I thought it said 'Nokia to take Psionic Control of System' which freaked me out some more... phew
MSN just appears to have a different aglorithm for sorting the results. I mean, how could anybody complian when 5 out of 6 of the returned sites are places where you can actually buy linux? That fourth link is a little fishy I suppose. But I think the way these links are sorted make a greta deal of sense given my stereotype of a person who uses MSN search over Google.
Nobody is being 'chased around.' You want to be on the dole? Be prepared to be accounted for; both for your safety, but more importantly the safety of those at the various shelters.
You just disproved your own point. You were dissatisfied with the local radio, you turned it off and found an alternative. Now they lose buisness and you are happy.
Unles you want to argue that this deregulation will serve to homogenize the WHOLE market enough that people won't have any alternative to crap, then i really can't see where you are coming from.
incidentally that frontpage (radio 1) has the same stuff you cna hear form radio in any major US city. eminem, radiohead, foo fighters, uhhh... if you are having trouble finding this stuff on US radio then you arent looking very hard.
I don't understand the point of your attack at the end of your post. This has NOTHING to do with the government. This organization has made the descision to censor itself. Critisize or praise it on that basis, but don't drag the gov't into this when it has nothing to do with the story. It just creates confusion amoung people who didn't read the article carefully enough. (Maybe you are even one of those people)
Are you kidding me. Futurama is 10x better than FG. FG is just a bunch of goofy things thrown together. Futurama is often damn clever and funny at the same time
Yes, Denethor is his father and the steward of gondor. Basically it boils down to that Faramir trusts Gandalf completely, whereas Denethor is constantly on guard because he believes Gandalf would use his power to assume lordship over gondor.
Gandalf in turn, sees what anoble spirit Faramir has and i believe it is even mentioned how much he would have rathered have Faramir with the fellowship from the start.
This is in large part what causes the major rift between Faramir and his father and is also the root of alot of the tragic events surrounding what denethor does once the siege of minas tirith begins.
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Too true! These where my thaughts exactly. I really love the Faramir character in the books, and that jerk on the screen was very dissapointing. A few other thigns too keep in mind:
-They introduced a big plot hole by doign it the way they did. There is NO WAY that sam could have revealed that Frodo had the ring and gotten out of illithien alive. Even if Faramir could resist the urge to take it (such as he did, barely) there no way all those other Gondorians could have let go as easily.
-They really didn't have to bring Sam and Frodo to osgilath, they could have just showed what happened there with Faramir if they felt they had too, it makes no sense too me.
-How can they now show the special relationship between Gandlaf/Denethor/Faramir now. That was a very interesting part of Return of the King that will almost certainly be lost now.
Not saying I didn't love this movie, but that choice didnt make any sense too me.
If what you say is true; that is that the big boys cay always find loopholes to get out of being taxed, then why are some of the richest people and companies all for a flat tax?
True, but you don't have to do any research if your assertion is that people have the right to own guns because it is a fundamental freedom granted by god, the constitution, ect...
Unless you are a psycologist who has done serious research in this area I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself. Unless you are completely oblivious, surely you realise that the words you use to describe these gaming addicts are the same ones people used to describe other kinds of additions before people bothered to look at how horribly addictive and harmful those additions can be.
What about weighing what you just said (about Ohio St) versus property rights? The idea being that Ohio state has the right to decide who gets to use thier private property, and if you came to protest the speech, then you are not welcome. Yes this logic still aplies even though its a state school; since the university I'm sure asks vagrants and other uninvited guests to leave the campus all the time.
As far as public spaces go, of course protestors are well within thier rights to demonstrate.
What you are saying is, of course, rediculous. Who would you propose draw the line between when something is 'proven' or even 'provable' and when it is 'just opinion'? Since when do people have to back up any of the outrageous claims they make?
Its up to the reader to sift through and determine what content is from reliable sources and what content is not. Forceing that responcibility on anyone else is extreamly hazardous to your free speech rights.
I'm curious to know how these buffer overflow exploits are typically found? Does somebody go through the source (if ineed it is avaiable) and look for potential buffers to overflow? Or is it more like they go through the whole inerface to the thing and check everywhere where they can give some input and see if thy can cause an overflow that way?
Haha, that why 'pure' democracy can be folly. the 'tyranny of the majority' is NOT a good thing! Just because there is a thing which the majority believe in, does not make it a good, or moral, thing.
That's why our constitutionally proteted freedoms are such a big deal! They can't be changed on a whim because a clever politian happend to be able to rally a good amount of support for a 'fad' idea which would restrict freedom.
What you suggest is just plain silly, until there is an actual effort by the governments of those countries to curb piracy, or there is a social stigma attached to buying conterfiet software it doesn't matter how cheaply the companies price thier products!
Imagine I open a store there and price the software more 'reasonably' at 28 ringgit ("Word now at 92% off!!") do you think thee is any chance someone will buy it when they cna get the same product for 7 and not feel badly about it? Not to mention the fact that if this ever happened people would just buy thier software and have it shipped from overseas where is is priced at the 'locally affordable value'.
Why is it different? Your whole arguement rests on the notion that the open stuff is more secure. By stating that it's any different for information that is very important to keep secure makes it seem like you dont' really believe the open solutions are always better.
Come on, that (last part about covering for Lay, the first part seems correct from what i'm hearing) is nonsense! If Pres. Bush was so ready to go to bat for Enron then why would he refuse help prop Enron before the whole scadal broke?
Pres. Bush is a good and honorable person who makes his decisions based on what's morally and ethically correct, not by putting his finger to the wind; unlike our last president.
I'm really tired of hearing people smear a good and decent man, I may not agree with everything he's done but he's certainly a person with integrity.
I must disagree. It is a virtual impossibility that the Royal Mail was able to deliver mail more efficiently than a private company could. The RM has no incentive to provide a good or efficient service so there is no reason to expect that it will. I can almost guarantee it wasn't MAKING any money (though i have not done any research into this, I'm basing my conclusion on eveyr single other government service)
While Consignia may be losing money now I guantee it was less than the Rm mail did when it was in oporation.
If some small cutbacks need to be made to the service to make it profitable then so be it. One delivery a day from the USPS (united states postal service) is just fine for buisnesses (and especially residences) in the US so there is no reason to suspect the UK is any different in that regard.
I agree that some basic level of national service is needed for all, but the private sector has proven that it can provide such a service in the modern day to all parts of even VERY large countries like the US which have remote rural regions.
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First I thought it said 'Nokia to take over Prison control System' Which freaked me out. Then I thought it said 'Nokia to take Psionic Control of System' which freaked me out some more... phew
Whatever happened to 'my body, my choice' and all those slogans....?
MSN just appears to have a different aglorithm for sorting the results. I mean, how could anybody complian when 5 out of 6 of the returned sites are places where you can actually buy linux? That fourth link is a little fishy I suppose. But I think the way these links are sorted make a greta deal of sense given my stereotype of a person who uses MSN search over Google.
Nobody is being 'chased around.' You want to be on the dole? Be prepared to be accounted for; both for your safety, but more importantly the safety of those at the various shelters.
Players hate to wait for the shuffle. Thats when 90% of players get up and move on to do something else. This is bad for buisness
Counter-Strike and Warcraft 3 (Starcraft too), period
The fact that this could be labeled as anything but 'funny' makes me want to cry
You just disproved your own point. You were dissatisfied with the local radio, you turned it off and found an alternative. Now they lose buisness and you are happy.
Unles you want to argue that this deregulation will serve to homogenize the WHOLE market enough that people won't have any alternative to crap, then i really can't see where you are coming from.
incidentally that frontpage (radio 1) has the same stuff you cna hear form radio in any major US city. eminem, radiohead, foo fighters, uhhh... if you are having trouble finding this stuff on US radio then you arent looking very hard.
I don't understand the point of your attack at the end of your post. This has NOTHING to do with the government. This organization has made the descision to censor itself. Critisize or praise it on that basis, but don't drag the gov't into this when it has nothing to do with the story. It just creates confusion amoung people who didn't read the article carefully enough. (Maybe you are even one of those people)
Are you kidding me. Futurama is 10x better than FG. FG is just a bunch of goofy things thrown together. Futurama is often damn clever and funny at the same time
Yes, Denethor is his father and the steward of gondor. Basically it boils down to that Faramir trusts Gandalf completely, whereas Denethor is constantly on guard because he believes Gandalf would use his power to assume lordship over gondor.
Gandalf in turn, sees what anoble spirit Faramir has and i believe it is even mentioned how much he would have rathered have Faramir with the fellowship from the start.
This is in large part what causes the major rift between Faramir and his father and is also the root of alot of the tragic events surrounding what denethor does once the siege of minas tirith begins.
Too true! These where my thaughts exactly. I really love the Faramir character in the books, and that jerk on the screen was very dissapointing. A few other thigns too keep in mind:
-They introduced a big plot hole by doign it the way they did. There is NO WAY that sam could have revealed that Frodo had the ring and gotten out of illithien alive. Even if Faramir could resist the urge to take it (such as he did, barely) there no way all those other Gondorians could have let go as easily.
-They really didn't have to bring Sam and Frodo to osgilath, they could have just showed what happened there with Faramir if they felt they had too, it makes no sense too me.
-How can they now show the special relationship between Gandlaf/Denethor/Faramir now. That was a very interesting part of Return of the King that will almost certainly be lost now.
Not saying I didn't love this movie, but that choice didnt make any sense too me.
If what you say is true; that is that the big boys cay always find loopholes to get out of being taxed, then why are some of the richest people and companies all for a flat tax?
People willing to die for thier fundamental freedoms? Sheesh what extremists! They take after those founding fathers I'll tell ya!
True, but you don't have to do any research if your assertion is that people have the right to own guns because it is a fundamental freedom granted by god, the constitution, ect...
Unless you are a psycologist who has done serious research in this area I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself. Unless you are completely oblivious, surely you realise that the words you use to describe these gaming addicts are the same ones people used to describe other kinds of additions before people bothered to look at how horribly addictive and harmful those additions can be.
What about weighing what you just said (about Ohio St) versus property rights? The idea being that Ohio state has the right to decide who gets to use thier private property, and if you came to protest the speech, then you are not welcome. Yes this logic still aplies even though its a state school; since the university I'm sure asks vagrants and other uninvited guests to leave the campus all the time.
As far as public spaces go, of course protestors are well within thier rights to demonstrate.
What you are saying is, of course, rediculous. Who would you propose draw the line between when something is 'proven' or even 'provable' and when it is 'just opinion'? Since when do people have to back up any of the outrageous claims they make?
Its up to the reader to sift through and determine what content is from reliable sources and what content is not. Forceing that responcibility on anyone else is extreamly hazardous to your free speech rights.
YES! Front Row! (nt)
I'm curious to know how these buffer overflow exploits are typically found? Does somebody go through the source (if ineed it is avaiable) and look for potential buffers to overflow? Or is it more like they go through the whole inerface to the thing and check everywhere where they can give some input and see if thy can cause an overflow that way?
Haha, that why 'pure' democracy can be folly. the 'tyranny of the majority' is NOT a good thing! Just because there is a thing which the majority believe in, does not make it a good, or moral, thing.
That's why our constitutionally proteted freedoms are such a big deal! They can't be changed on a whim because a clever politian happend to be able to rally a good amount of support for a 'fad' idea which would restrict freedom.
What you suggest is just plain silly, until there is an actual effort by the governments of those countries to curb piracy, or there is a social stigma attached to buying conterfiet software it doesn't matter how cheaply the companies price thier products!
Imagine I open a store there and price the software more 'reasonably' at 28 ringgit ("Word now at 92% off!!") do you think thee is any chance someone will buy it when they cna get the same product for 7 and not feel badly about it? Not to mention the fact that if this ever happened people would just buy thier software and have it shipped from overseas where is is priced at the 'locally affordable value'.
Obviously, military top secret stuff is different
Why is it different? Your whole arguement rests on the notion that the open stuff is more secure. By stating that it's any different for information that is very important to keep secure makes it seem like you dont' really believe the open solutions are always better.
Which is it?
Come on, that (last part about covering for Lay, the first part seems correct from what i'm hearing) is nonsense! If Pres. Bush was so ready to go to bat for Enron then why would he refuse help prop Enron before the whole scadal broke?
Pres. Bush is a good and honorable person who makes his decisions based on what's morally and ethically correct, not by putting his finger to the wind; unlike our last president.
I'm really tired of hearing people smear a good and decent man, I may not agree with everything he's done but he's certainly a person with integrity.
I must disagree. It is a virtual impossibility that the Royal Mail was able to deliver mail more efficiently than a private company could. The RM has no incentive to provide a good or efficient service so there is no reason to expect that it will. I can almost guarantee it wasn't MAKING any money (though i have not done any research into this, I'm basing my conclusion on eveyr single other government service)
While Consignia may be losing money now I guantee it was less than the Rm mail did when it was in oporation.
If some small cutbacks need to be made to the service to make it profitable then so be it. One delivery a day from the USPS (united states postal service) is just fine for buisnesses (and especially residences) in the US so there is no reason to suspect the UK is any different in that regard.
I agree that some basic level of national service is needed for all, but the private sector has proven that it can provide such a service in the modern day to all parts of even VERY large countries like the US which have remote rural regions.