Nope, the one in Giza was used to escape a crashing Asgard ship, after which the Antarctica Stargate was moved to Stargate Command. The Russians recovered the Giza Stargate from the ocean floor and started their own Stargate program. Later, a new weapon developed by Anubis led to the destruction of the Antarctica Stargate. Stargate Command arranged a deal to lease the Giza Stargate from the Russians, and 'purchased' it outright by giving the Russians a Daedalus-class ship (the Korolev).
Another factor affecting an algorithmic approach is the mood of the viewer. While this isn't as important when it comes to the mailed DVDs, it plays a huge role when considering their streaming content. I may pick Movie X to watch because the wife and I each had a hard week, but Movie X may be something that we'd never view under any other circumstance. A discrete system has a very hard time categorizing something as fluid as mood and could easily be led to make very inaccurate recommendations on the whole.
The odds of each individual win is, indeed, identical. However, he says "10,000 in a row" which implies winning succesively and, therefore, each event depends on each prior event. You must win it once, then win it again, and again, ad nauseum.
Why is this the responsibility of governments? Once it becomes cost effective to do so, industry will have no choice but to develop methods of extracting these trace metals from our solid waste or other sources. A business will not simply let itself die because it can't get raw materials. Why not look into the feasability of starting up your own business for recyclying these items? If it is indeed a cost effective, sustainable business model, you'll have investors lining up at your door. What I'm getting at is it's not government's place to to do what others are either too lazy to do or don't have cost incentive to pursue.
This is a textbook case of high taxation modifying the behavior of the taxed. If Washington's tax rates weren't punitive for these sales, there wouldn't be any incentive for the company to be incorporated in Nevada. This is a common corporate practice, and demonstrates the necessity of small laboratories of democracy, aka, states. Washington is seeing how Nevada's tax code is modifying the behavior of Microsoft, and Washington has the choice to modify their tax code or continue pursuing their own version of it. It's not Microsoft's fault for playing by the rules to maximize profit.
You're thinking too big... Crazy glue, a few bungee cords, and three strips of duct tape measuring one point 4 inches by 20 meters. I'd tell you what they'll do with all that, but it's classified.
This is talking about retrieval of air craft. In other words, can we find a better way to stop a jet fighter that's at full thrust in case it misses the series of cables the tailhook is trying to snag.
I like the pretty colors they use in their pictures, and the fun wavy lines. Oh! And they didn't color them in! But the SO hates when I get crayon on the monitor... What to do!
You'll have to excuse me for going all tinfoil hat here... but how hard would it be to say "We're releasing all our UFO files!" and only really reveal the ones that won't cause "public panic." I'm usually not the conspiracy theory type, but any time a government says they're releasing "all" the information on something, a part of me wants to cry "bullshit."
That still does not absolve them of the personal responsibility for participating in an experimental drug test. At least they are getting compensated for it, and the vast majority of these tests do not have such dire consequences. I do not understand this predeliction to blame the corporation for what an individual voluntarily does...
So... wait... they knowingly sign up for an experimental drug test... The fact that they may not be able to understand the liability release form throwing up another red flag... the very fact that a libaility release form was needed in the first place throwing up yet another... but they still sign up for it. They made the conscious choice to participate. No one twisted their arm or hooked electrodes up to their nipples... They did this of their own free will.
It may be the 'right thing to do' for the company to take care of these poor folks, but they are in no way obligated to do anything.
While I sympathize with the victims here... they did volunteer for this. I would be willing to wager hard money that the victims were fully briefed on the experimental nature of this drug, and went ahead anyway. If they were not, then they *would* have legal recourse.
In your prior post, you were trying to demonstrate that America is not far off from becoming a totalitarian state similar to the Soviet Union or Communist China, unless I am seriously misreading your statements. Of course, you cite the fact that the American Government spies on its own people, likely thinking of the various programs specifically targeted at international activites amongst potential terrorists, like the recently leaked Terrorist Financial Tracking Program, or the program for wiretapping suspected terrorists. This is hardly spying on the general populace, despite what the mainstream media might try to categorize it as.
Pointing out other precursors to totalitarian regimes, such as redistribution of wealth, is hardly a strawman argument, it's an example of a weakness in your position which indicates many European countries, where punitive taxes are the norm, suffer similar precursor tendencies toward totalitarianism. If you wish to retract your current assertion that America is in danger of falling into a totalitarian regime, very well, I accept.
Finally, your statement regarding revolutionaries, "I have yet to see an example of a rebel group not being able to obtain weaponery due to laws, as if they would care about those laws to begin with," is in direct contradiction to your statement that an armed population is of no danger to the government. An example -- According to the mainstream meadia, and in the opinion of many leftists, small arms and improvised devices are wreaking havoc on the US military. This directly contradicts your assertion that an armed population does not threaten a government. You can't have it both ways, either the terrorists are bloodying US troops with small arms, or the US military is kicking their ass because their weapons are meaningless, which is it?
Unite the world under the United States government and turn anyone who would resist into a gaping whole in the ground. Nuclear Winter? Meh, it will simply encourage Hydroponic food production! Public backlash? Hell, nuke them too! I'll just run to the safety of Cheyenne Mountain and hop through the Stargate to wait on another planet...
I'm sorry but you seem somewhat ignorant on how such totalitarian systems come to be. The current US government does in fact have quite a lot in common with the early days of those totalitarian systems that arose out of corrupted democracies. If you don't believe me, take a look at how it attempts to not be held accountable for controversial things like spying on its own citizens.
Yes, and redistribution of wealth (socialism) is also key to many totalitarian regimes... but we will conveniently ignore the welfare state some people want to turn us into... Totalitarian regimes also attempt to disarm their population so they are not a threat to the regime, another goal of some far left Americans I might add.
I tend to have more hope in the American people. The structure of our government and military prevent any one person from amassing that power. If you truly believe the American system is so corrupt, I pity you, and invite you to move to a more "perfect" socialist European country.
I think you are the only one that sees it *as* a concern for the united states. As is mentioned every time the black evil of government owning patents comes up, it acts to prevent others from patenting it and making loads of money off tax-payer funded research. If the government ever starts trying to restrict people from using government-owned patents, they have stepped beyond their bounds and are accountable to us, the people. This is the primary difference between the United States and the regimes you mentioned -- those regimes had no accountability to their people as they are/were totalitarian in nature.
The quote got cut off, I should learn to hit that preview button...
[0026] Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown in one embodiment of the present invention a high-level schematic of a communication network system 100 having a first communication network 102 having a first level of security or level of trust "x", and a second communication network 104 having a second level of security "y", where y is greater than x. Data communication between first and second networks 102, 104 is enabled through a network interface system 106. The network interface system 106 is also alternatively referred to herein as network pump 106 or computer system/server 106 for ease of convenience in better explaining the inventive concept. A preferred communications path for data is from a network with lower trust/lower level of security to a network with higher trust/higher level of security. The network pump 106 may be conveniently implemented in a computer system, a computer server, an application specific integrated circuit, or the like. Further details of the network pump 106 are described at FIG. 3.
I may be thinking of something else, but it sounds more like a method of keeping secure information on the secure network, not allowing it to leak to the unsecure network, while still allowing data to cross from the unsecure side to the secure side...
From their description, it's based on a pump architecture:
[0026] Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown in one embodiment of the present invention a high-level schematic of a communication network system 100 having a first communication network 102 having a first level of security or level of trust "x", and a second communication network 104 having a second level of security "y", where y
I am just wary of the motivations of the EU, or any government for that matter, when pursuing litigation such as this. I also honestly don't feel that Microsoft has any responsibility to divulge this information, though I do understand and respect the anti-competitive argument.
It's kind of like WMDs in Iraq: some people didn't believe there were any there to begin with, but now even Bush admits that there aren't any, so the fact that there actually aren't any is almost certainly true. See what I'm saying?
I don't want to get horribly off-topic, so message me if you want more information, but it's been verified that over 500 chemical and biological munitions have been found, many in such good condition that it's clear someone was taking care of them. If the Microsoft case turns out like the WMD case, then vindication might by in Microsoft's future.;)
Here's my main argument: Most of the Slashdot community gets news through this site and the main-stream media. The MSM sells articles to readers based on what makes a good story -- and publicly criticizing one of the most succesful businesses in the country (arguable in this history of the world) is a good story. People like stories of people sticking it to the big guy, plain and simple.
As to the second part of your argument, obviously there are articles that praise Microsoft products out there, it would be a waste of time to argue otherwise. However, point me to a source that is actively pursuing information in defense of Microsoft as regards their ongoing legal problems, and I will cede this point to you. I suspect that even 'pro-Microsoft' publications are being guarded about what they release, now more than ever, to avoid claims of biasing their articles in favor of ad money. Regardless, publications that are known for this should not in general be considered trustworthy news sources.
That's a news article. The actual court documents are just slightly more detailed, you know. And anyway, the point is that the method by which Micrsoft made their software "work better" than third party software was by using undocumented APIs. When you're already a monopoly, that's what constitutes an "unfair advantage."
Except people around here are using this news article as further fuel on the argument against Microsoft... The years of coverage have always been in favor of the courts or those attacking Microsoft. I can't remember one article providing honest insight into Microsoft's side of things. You may call that the facts, I call it spin. To each his own though I guess...
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Nope, the one in Giza was used to escape a crashing Asgard ship, after which the Antarctica Stargate was moved to Stargate Command. The Russians recovered the Giza Stargate from the ocean floor and started their own Stargate program. Later, a new weapon developed by Anubis led to the destruction of the Antarctica Stargate. Stargate Command arranged a deal to lease the Giza Stargate from the Russians, and 'purchased' it outright by giving the Russians a Daedalus-class ship (the Korolev).
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_(device)#Secondary_gates/
No, that Stargate was destroyed by Anubis, duh! We now have the original one from Giza back in Cheyanne Mountain, under NORAD... Such a noob!
Another factor affecting an algorithmic approach is the mood of the viewer. While this isn't as important when it comes to the mailed DVDs, it plays a huge role when considering their streaming content. I may pick Movie X to watch because the wife and I each had a hard week, but Movie X may be something that we'd never view under any other circumstance. A discrete system has a very hard time categorizing something as fluid as mood and could easily be led to make very inaccurate recommendations on the whole.
Now we're going to have even worse contortions from the morons on the DDR games in the arcades. I can't believe these insensitive clods!
Thank you.
The odds of each individual win is, indeed, identical. However, he says "10,000 in a row" which implies winning succesively and, therefore, each event depends on each prior event. You must win it once, then win it again, and again, ad nauseum.
Why is this the responsibility of governments? Once it becomes cost effective to do so, industry will have no choice but to develop methods of extracting these trace metals from our solid waste or other sources. A business will not simply let itself die because it can't get raw materials. Why not look into the feasability of starting up your own business for recyclying these items? If it is indeed a cost effective, sustainable business model, you'll have investors lining up at your door. What I'm getting at is it's not government's place to to do what others are either too lazy to do or don't have cost incentive to pursue.
This is a textbook case of high taxation modifying the behavior of the taxed. If Washington's tax rates weren't punitive for these sales, there wouldn't be any incentive for the company to be incorporated in Nevada. This is a common corporate practice, and demonstrates the necessity of small laboratories of democracy, aka, states. Washington is seeing how Nevada's tax code is modifying the behavior of Microsoft, and Washington has the choice to modify their tax code or continue pursuing their own version of it. It's not Microsoft's fault for playing by the rules to maximize profit.
You're thinking too big... Crazy glue, a few bungee cords, and three strips of duct tape measuring one point 4 inches by 20 meters. I'd tell you what they'll do with all that, but it's classified.
This is talking about retrieval of air craft. In other words, can we find a better way to stop a jet fighter that's at full thrust in case it misses the series of cables the tailhook is trying to snag.
I like the pretty colors they use in their pictures, and the fun wavy lines. Oh! And they didn't color them in! But the SO hates when I get crayon on the monitor... What to do!
You'll have to excuse me for going all tinfoil hat here... but how hard would it be to say "We're releasing all our UFO files!" and only really reveal the ones that won't cause "public panic." I'm usually not the conspiracy theory type, but any time a government says they're releasing "all" the information on something, a part of me wants to cry "bullshit."
That still does not absolve them of the personal responsibility for participating in an experimental drug test. At least they are getting compensated for it, and the vast majority of these tests do not have such dire consequences. I do not understand this predeliction to blame the corporation for what an individual voluntarily does...
So... wait... they knowingly sign up for an experimental drug test... The fact that they may not be able to understand the liability release form throwing up another red flag... the very fact that a libaility release form was needed in the first place throwing up yet another... but they still sign up for it. They made the conscious choice to participate. No one twisted their arm or hooked electrodes up to their nipples... They did this of their own free will.
It may be the 'right thing to do' for the company to take care of these poor folks, but they are in no way obligated to do anything.
While I sympathize with the victims here... they did volunteer for this. I would be willing to wager hard money that the victims were fully briefed on the experimental nature of this drug, and went ahead anyway. If they were not, then they *would* have legal recourse.
In your prior post, you were trying to demonstrate that America is not far off from becoming a totalitarian state similar to the Soviet Union or Communist China, unless I am seriously misreading your statements. Of course, you cite the fact that the American Government spies on its own people, likely thinking of the various programs specifically targeted at international activites amongst potential terrorists, like the recently leaked Terrorist Financial Tracking Program, or the program for wiretapping suspected terrorists. This is hardly spying on the general populace, despite what the mainstream media might try to categorize it as.
Pointing out other precursors to totalitarian regimes, such as redistribution of wealth, is hardly a strawman argument, it's an example of a weakness in your position which indicates many European countries, where punitive taxes are the norm, suffer similar precursor tendencies toward totalitarianism. If you wish to retract your current assertion that America is in danger of falling into a totalitarian regime, very well, I accept.
Finally, your statement regarding revolutionaries, "I have yet to see an example of a rebel group not being able to obtain weaponery due to laws, as if they would care about those laws to begin with," is in direct contradiction to your statement that an armed population is of no danger to the government. An example -- According to the mainstream meadia, and in the opinion of many leftists, small arms and improvised devices are wreaking havoc on the US military. This directly contradicts your assertion that an armed population does not threaten a government. You can't have it both ways, either the terrorists are bloodying US troops with small arms, or the US military is kicking their ass because their weapons are meaningless, which is it?
Unite the world under the United States government and turn anyone who would resist into a gaping whole in the ground. Nuclear Winter? Meh, it will simply encourage Hydroponic food production! Public backlash? Hell, nuke them too! I'll just run to the safety of Cheyenne Mountain and hop through the Stargate to wait on another planet...
I tend to have more hope in the American people. The structure of our government and military prevent any one person from amassing that power. If you truly believe the American system is so corrupt, I pity you, and invite you to move to a more "perfect" socialist European country.
I think you are the only one that sees it *as* a concern for the united states. As is mentioned every time the black evil of government owning patents comes up, it acts to prevent others from patenting it and making loads of money off tax-payer funded research. If the government ever starts trying to restrict people from using government-owned patents, they have stepped beyond their bounds and are accountable to us, the people. This is the primary difference between the United States and the regimes you mentioned -- those regimes had no accountability to their people as they are/were totalitarian in nature.
Point taken.
I am just wary of the motivations of the EU, or any government for that matter, when pursuing litigation such as this. I also honestly don't feel that Microsoft has any responsibility to divulge this information, though I do understand and respect the anti-competitive argument.
Here's my main argument: Most of the Slashdot community gets news through this site and the main-stream media. The MSM sells articles to readers based on what makes a good story -- and publicly criticizing one of the most succesful businesses in the country (arguable in this history of the world) is a good story. People like stories of people sticking it to the big guy, plain and simple.
As to the second part of your argument, obviously there are articles that praise Microsoft products out there, it would be a waste of time to argue otherwise. However, point me to a source that is actively pursuing information in defense of Microsoft as regards their ongoing legal problems, and I will cede this point to you. I suspect that even 'pro-Microsoft' publications are being guarded about what they release, now more than ever, to avoid claims of biasing their articles in favor of ad money. Regardless, publications that are known for this should not in general be considered trustworthy news sources.