I believe that the Explorer mice etc. are in fact manufactured by HP. I cannot find a damn thing to support this belief, however, so don't bother modding me informative.
that they can claim it is an automated, non-selective process which might put things in their favor in such regards.
If it's automated and non-selective, it doesn't make a very good ad system, does it? It would have to analyze the content and serve related ads. That's just the advertising paradigm we're operating in.
It would have to be especially good, too, otherwise it wouldn't remain under the radar. One too many way-out-of-context ads, and people would start wondering.
If you are tactful, humble, erudite, and most of all, well informed on the subject you are posting about, you will be respected and modded up, even if the view is unpopular
Maybe laws written for the sake of the governed should be written in a language they understand.
True, but perhaps also we should be interested in bolstering our education programs to afford the population the skillset necessary to comprehend the laws we already have on the books.
I agree that many legal issues are formulated in obfuscated ways, possibly intentionally, but legalese is also often so phrased in order to achieve great precision. We should at least entertain the notion that such careful deliberation can be valuable to society.
I have no figures on how big they are, but I use Surpass Domains. I was oddly attracted to them because their domain registration fees weren't bargain bin cheap. The customer service is nonpareil.
Honestly I think it's more likely she would have tried her best to pick the winning side, and invest heavily in them. As many commenters have already said, the timeframe of this filing seems a bit bizarre. It happened pretty much immediately after the concession of HD-DVD, no?
I suppose now that we have silent hard drives, you can get a program that makes whirring and clanking noises come out of your speaker whenever you're reading or writing to disk?
This reminds me of the phenomenon of the "click" soundfile burped out of most consumer-grade digital cameras. I always find it horribly irritating and it's always the first thing I shut off. But really, it makes sense, as the public is used to that sound and has always used it as feedback.
I'm not surprised by the hostility to this man. (Was it the Slashdot headline that got you all riled up?) Either way, I must ask what it would take for you to consider him more than "average." Isn't every human, let alone scientist, average until a great deed is accomplished?
If you don't see his lackadaisical attitude with this contest, as well as the marked degree of success he's achieved so far with it, as something out of the ordinary, then I think you're a little deluded as to what makes a great scientist.
First off, you shouldn't be burning ticks out. Removing with tweezers runs the risk of breaking the tick and thus raises the odds of contracting Lyme disease (among other things, so this method is often used in conjugation with topical antibiotics on hand). A much safer, more reasonable method is to cover the entire area around the tick with petroleum jelly, thereby suffocating the tick.
I bring this up because Trent et al. aren't burning their ticks out, they're suffocating them. They just smear on the Vaseline and forget all about it, going about their business while the tick tries to scramble through the mysterious ooze to get air.
And raking in astounding profit while they're at it, I feel compelled to add.
even if you jailbreak it, you paid for the lock and so supported it
How so? Apple gets a substantial cut from the monthly AT&T revenues from the phone, which was negotiated to encourage Apple to actively work against jailbreakers. By buying the phone and jailbreaking it, you're really paying only for the device, and depriving Apple (and AT&T) of the monthly revenue stream the jailbreak is designed to ensure.
I live in Germany. You're right about registering with the city upon moving. The government likes to keep all citizens (all residents, actually) registered.
You're very wrong about the tithing to churches, however. Perhaps that was unique to the community in which your advisor lived.
I've only read a couple of Shakespeare's plays (Macbeth and R&J). While the archaic language made a couple of the jokes require an explanation, the plots themselves weren't exactly mind bending.
You're right. Those plays are not complicated. But they're also not exactly the cream of the crop. R&J is taught in schools because it's accessible--IOW, precisely because its plot is not "mind-bending." But maybe you should try picking up King Lear and seeing how that one fucks with your soul. The plot is again rather simple: "Man fucks up, man regrets." But IMO it is one of the deepest things ever penned in English.
Deus Ex is a big one, if you've never played it then go give it a shot (unfortunately my dad deleted my save by mistake, and since I'd been playing through on 'Realistic' mode, where basically one shot kills you, I didn't have the will to start all over again
I completely agree with you that Deus Ex is one of the most compelling gaming experiences ever, but your half-assed excuse about not even bothering to play this epic to completion really damages your argument of appreciation.
I'm of the opinion that on the whole, we are better off with the process of gene mixing than practicing self-eugenics.
I find this article because this method could actually lead to more gene mixing, just of a different kind. TFS states that this method has a high probability of resulting in birth defects. Presumably, this will be lowered as research continues, but fundamentally the offspring will still be boasting a genetic makeup created through means other than the evolutionarily standard way.
Sure, it might be dangerous for the gene pool. But so is any mutation, potentially. And diversity breeds success.
When you seek to make money based upon other people's efforts or property, those other people will find a way to get some or all of your profits.
Interesting argument, considering that the labels have caused many of their biggest acts to go indie. It would appear that the labels themselves are screwing the artists out of money in many instances, and the artists, not the labels, who are trying to "find a way to get some or all of [the] profits."
This post, while well-meaning, bored me with its latent hypocrisy. Until I read the last line. In all seriousness, thank you for that perspective and honesty.
Dude, honestly, this is exactly how it worked for me. I've of course tried to politely let others in my life know about how absolutely great it can be to live in the world of open source, but no one ever cares. "What do you mean I can change the program? I can't write code."
Then one day I simply went to shut off my music before going out with friends, and when I clicked the Amarok icon in my taskbar, the cube flipped to another desktop. Everyone in the room urged me to do it again.
Funny thing? First thing out of their mouth: "Oh, you must have a Mac." =D
Actually, it should be quite obvious that the number of pirates is inversely proportional to the severity of global warming. Thus a reduction in global warming would lead to a resurgence in pirate populations. But maybe the unintuitive X-axis on this graph threw you for a loop.
Of course, I'm talking about the "Arr, matey!" kind of pirates here. The other kind are indeed coming out of the goddamn walls.
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That's weird. I used my bare penis.
Also protein strands.
that they can claim it is an automated, non-selective process which might put things in their favor in such regards.
If it's automated and non-selective, it doesn't make a very good ad system, does it? It would have to analyze the content and serve related ads. That's just the advertising paradigm we're operating in.
It would have to be especially good, too, otherwise it wouldn't remain under the radar. One too many way-out-of-context ads, and people would start wondering.I agree that many legal issues are formulated in obfuscated ways, possibly intentionally, but legalese is also often so phrased in order to achieve great precision. We should at least entertain the notion that such careful deliberation can be valuable to society.
I have no figures on how big they are, but I use Surpass Domains. I was oddly attracted to them because their domain registration fees weren't bargain bin cheap. The customer service is nonpareil.
Honestly I think it's more likely she would have tried her best to pick the winning side, and invest heavily in them. As many commenters have already said, the timeframe of this filing seems a bit bizarre. It happened pretty much immediately after the concession of HD-DVD, no?
Actually, even companies like Verizon are looking into this. I think it's an exciting time.
I'm not surprised by the hostility to this man. (Was it the Slashdot headline that got you all riled up?) Either way, I must ask what it would take for you to consider him more than "average." Isn't every human, let alone scientist, average until a great deed is accomplished?
If you don't see his lackadaisical attitude with this contest, as well as the marked degree of success he's achieved so far with it, as something out of the ordinary, then I think you're a little deluded as to what makes a great scientist.
I bring this up because Trent et al. aren't burning their ticks out, they're suffocating them. They just smear on the Vaseline and forget all about it, going about their business while the tick tries to scramble through the mysterious ooze to get air.
And raking in astounding profit while they're at it, I feel compelled to add.
I live in Germany. You're right about registering with the city upon moving. The government likes to keep all citizens (all residents, actually) registered.
You're very wrong about the tithing to churches, however. Perhaps that was unique to the community in which your advisor lived.
True. You know what else bugs me? This story being tagged "complementary" when the spelling "complimentary" in the summary is completely correct.
Sure, it might be dangerous for the gene pool. But so is any mutation, potentially. And diversity breeds success.
This post, while well-meaning, bored me with its latent hypocrisy. Until I read the last line. In all seriousness, thank you for that perspective and honesty.
-an American living in Europe
Dude, honestly, this is exactly how it worked for me. I've of course tried to politely let others in my life know about how absolutely great it can be to live in the world of open source, but no one ever cares. "What do you mean I can change the program? I can't write code."
Then one day I simply went to shut off my music before going out with friends, and when I clicked the Amarok icon in my taskbar, the cube flipped to another desktop. Everyone in the room urged me to do it again.
Funny thing? First thing out of their mouth: "Oh, you must have a Mac." =D
Actually, it should be quite obvious that the number of pirates is inversely proportional to the severity of global warming. Thus a reduction in global warming would lead to a resurgence in pirate populations. But maybe the unintuitive X-axis on this graph threw you for a loop.
Of course, I'm talking about the "Arr, matey!" kind of pirates here. The other kind are indeed coming out of the goddamn walls.