If you think there is no money in the environmental lobby you are dead wrong. Some of it comes from conservationists, some from alternative energy companies, and some of it is even funded by the oil/coal/nuclear lobby (i.e. Exxon gives money to environmental group to protest coal hoping to encourage use of oil in power generation, while GE gives money to a different environmental group to protests air pollution hoping it will help nuclear reactors, etc.).
As a person who has studied psychoacustics... I am going to have to say your statement of an amp less than $2000 is crap is utterly false. If you are going on that big of a budget you should be buying speakers with built in amplifiers anyways (the downside is the high cost of replacement and weight, but if your spending so much and such an audiophile than replacement cost and weight shouldn't be an issues). And about the center speaker... you can do amazing 3D sound effects with only stereo and properly positioned speakers, so the placement of the left/right speakers are much more important than the placement of the center speaker.
Personally I want people to keep saying it. It everyone keeps saying it then the porn producers will say "Hey, it looks like everyone is expecting us to produce on HD-DVD, so lets do that". Plus, I feel if something is said enough it has a way of becoming true. I think this is how G.W. Bush got his first term, by constantly saying he was going to be President until people actually believed it.
I have a friend who is a machine gun team leader in the United States Marine Core, and when station in vehicles his title is a vehicle commander. From my understanding from him mounting a gun on a Humvee is a 5 minute job. If I recall correctly it was common to switch the gun with artillery in less than 5 minutes. Now putting a turret in a Humvee not packaged with one... that takes some time, and I think would only be one in rare cases.
At least we are a democratic republic. I have no doubt that if the USA was founded as a true democracy it would either no longer exist, been Balkanized long ago, be a quasi-theocracy, or some combination of the three.
I believe it is because the Humvee is designed to be an all purpose vehicle, and the guns can be quickly mounted or dismounted depending on what they need the vehicle for. The Humvee is a truck first, and an armed platform second - quite the opposite of a tank or howitzer.
If I remember correctly it was an executive order that create Japanese internment camps. Not legislation, not a federal court, but an order sent out on the sole authority of the President. At least Guantanamo Bay has congressional support.
after playing on my wii my mum wanted to buy one and my girlfriends dad said he wanted one
Come on, this is slashdot, you can just come out and say your mom and dad want one, no reason to bring your sister into the discussion. Sorry, but as stated this is slashdot and I couldn't resist.
You obviously shop for the wrong electronics if you don't hear the words slick and sexy used to describe them. I've heard of many slim and shiny cell phones described this way (especially slim sliders), plasma and LCD TV screens, small shiny laptops, and home stereos. The reason you hear this in conjunction with Apple so much is they go to a lot of effort to make all of their products slim, sleek, and shiny. Also, if you lived on a college campus you would know this, slim and shiny electronics tend to get favorable reactions from the opposite sex - kind of like cars but to a lesser degree - hence the word sexy (electronics here refers to things like MP3 players, cell phones, sound systems, and large TVs - NOT home servers, linux boxen, or the RC remote you rigged up to control the Roomba).
After owning a Pocket PC for a while now I think I am going to have to disagree with you. Tactile feedback is only needed if the touch sensitivity is faulty. If the numbers are always in a consistent location (and it would be completely and utterly stupid along with being completely illogical if the weren't) and if you can feel the screen that is all that is needed. I am able to punch in my PIN number to unlock the device without looking on my Pocket PC and I am sure I could punch a number without looking on the iPhone. Many new cellphones also lack tactile feedback, last time I used a friend's RAZR I don't remember the buttons actually pushing down. I think you underestimate people's ability to know the location of a keypad on a familiar device based on where their hand is.
You missed the point that the kid may be able to sell it, and even if his family had to buy it they can sell it at a higher price due to the white market being twice the price. More realistically, if the kids father needs a little boost to make ends meet, or in the case of a bad father to pay the bar tab, it becomes fairly attractive to try to sell this tool instead of it being used for the intended purpose. The point is if you see one on ebay, you have no real way of knowing if it was bought off the white market or sold by someone who received one in a target country.
Has everyone forgotten our invasion of Afghanistan? Seriously, after 9/11 the push was to Afghanistan and NO ONE protested. Before the Iraq war millions protested, with some cities having the largest protests in their entire history Iraq's debacle with the UN inspectors set off the start to invading Iraq, and than Saddam kept bluffing and refusing to say he didn't have chemical weapons or to allow UN inspections to resume. I swear people are trying to rewrite current history to make Iraq immediately after 9/11 and completely caused by 9/11. Maybe that works better for the conspiracy theories, but it doesn't really fit the reality I lived through.
To add to that an amazingly high amount of people in America see flashes as a result of loud noises (I can't remember the name of the disorder, but it is extremely common).
You obviously don't know America. When Yellowstone blows up there will be people offering heat resistant suits and paying high wages to whoever will still enter to claim natural resources. The use of volcanic glass will probably also greatly increase, and blocks of pumice will be sold in mass quantities to "Remember Yellowstone". If there is one thing you should never underestimate, it is the ability of Americans to merchandise in the wake of tragedy and catastrophe.
I think you are a little off. The Apocrypha isn't a book, it is a collection of books, and a couple different versions of books existing in the canonical bible. At the time of Jesus the Apocryphal books were debated in the Jewish community, and in the modern world, besides a couple of extremely small Judaism sects, I believe only the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches use it, but could be wrong. The reason the Apocrypha is not included in the normal canon of the bible is usually accredited to lacking authenticity, or conflicting with established books.
I think there is quite a bit, every year there is a new batch of teenagers getting phones. Plus I've gotten a new phone every time I've renewed my contract, as every time there has been one better then what I have (I'm not a big fan of the camera-swiss-army knife phones, but have upgraded from a massive brick to a smaller brick, from a smaller brick to a flip phone, a flip phone to a newer flip-phone with a color screen and back-lit keys, and now to a slider that I can leave on for days without charging). As soon as a good Windows Mobile phone with GPS and WiFi comes state-side I will probably upgrade to that, but so far they only seem to exist abroad or on GSM networks - which my carrier has yet to support.
If the passport cover was some sort of Faraday cage wouldn't this block remote reading unless it is open, or the foil like you pointed out? And if they put Faraday cages around areas where the chip is supposed to be read wouldn't this make attempted remote reading very suspicious? Would some system like this meet your approval?
Last I checked oil was not explosive. The flash point is at 100 degrees Fahrenheit last time I checked. Hell even with gasoline if it is could enough you can drop a match in it and the match will extinguish (it is the gas vapors which are highly flammable, and gas happens to evaporate fairly steady at room temperature). Water may be easier to move, but it is much harder to get the quantities of usable water to use. We are using water faster then it is replenishing, and as stated before many American Aquifers are in danger, as rechargeable ones are being used faster then they are recharged.
I don't think that is quite right: close, but not perfect. Americans want every product to have a range, and to get what you pay for. They want tools that get the job done, and if the job is their specialty then they want tools that are real nice. For a mechanic a $25 set of wrenches won't cut it, just like for a professional photographer a $200 LCD won't cut it. If you've ever gone shopping for a new range with someone that values their kitchen you know the cheapest option isn't the one you will be buying. Most people want the items they care about to as nice as they can afford, and the things they don't value as much to be as cheap as possible while the object/service still functions.
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The green scar in my right hand from being stabbed with an old pencil begs to argue that not all pencils are made of graphite.
If you think there is no money in the environmental lobby you are dead wrong. Some of it comes from conservationists, some from alternative energy companies, and some of it is even funded by the oil/coal/nuclear lobby (i.e. Exxon gives money to environmental group to protest coal hoping to encourage use of oil in power generation, while GE gives money to a different environmental group to protests air pollution hoping it will help nuclear reactors, etc.).
As a person who has studied psychoacustics... I am going to have to say your statement of an amp less than $2000 is crap is utterly false. If you are going on that big of a budget you should be buying speakers with built in amplifiers anyways (the downside is the high cost of replacement and weight, but if your spending so much and such an audiophile than replacement cost and weight shouldn't be an issues). And about the center speaker... you can do amazing 3D sound effects with only stereo and properly positioned speakers, so the placement of the left/right speakers are much more important than the placement of the center speaker.
Personally I want people to keep saying it. It everyone keeps saying it then the porn producers will say "Hey, it looks like everyone is expecting us to produce on HD-DVD, so lets do that". Plus, I feel if something is said enough it has a way of becoming true. I think this is how G.W. Bush got his first term, by constantly saying he was going to be President until people actually believed it.
I have a friend who is a machine gun team leader in the United States Marine Core, and when station in vehicles his title is a vehicle commander. From my understanding from him mounting a gun on a Humvee is a 5 minute job. If I recall correctly it was common to switch the gun with artillery in less than 5 minutes. Now putting a turret in a Humvee not packaged with one... that takes some time, and I think would only be one in rare cases.
At least we are a democratic republic. I have no doubt that if the USA was founded as a true democracy it would either no longer exist, been Balkanized long ago, be a quasi-theocracy, or some combination of the three.
I believe it is because the Humvee is designed to be an all purpose vehicle, and the guns can be quickly mounted or dismounted depending on what they need the vehicle for. The Humvee is a truck first, and an armed platform second - quite the opposite of a tank or howitzer.
when we did it we always started at pen10 (with 5 guys in on it) and ask the victim if he wanted to join the club and be number 15.
Can you cite this please? I would be interested in reading about it.
If I remember correctly it was an executive order that create Japanese internment camps. Not legislation, not a federal court, but an order sent out on the sole authority of the President. At least Guantanamo Bay has congressional support.
after playing on my wii my mum wanted to buy one and my girlfriends dad said he wanted one
Come on, this is slashdot, you can just come out and say your mom and dad want one, no reason to bring your sister into the discussion. Sorry, but as stated this is slashdot and I couldn't resist.
If I had mod points you would have gotten at least a +1 insightful instead of this post.
You obviously shop for the wrong electronics if you don't hear the words slick and sexy used to describe them. I've heard of many slim and shiny cell phones described this way (especially slim sliders), plasma and LCD TV screens, small shiny laptops, and home stereos. The reason you hear this in conjunction with Apple so much is they go to a lot of effort to make all of their products slim, sleek, and shiny. Also, if you lived on a college campus you would know this, slim and shiny electronics tend to get favorable reactions from the opposite sex - kind of like cars but to a lesser degree - hence the word sexy (electronics here refers to things like MP3 players, cell phones, sound systems, and large TVs - NOT home servers, linux boxen, or the RC remote you rigged up to control the Roomba).
After owning a Pocket PC for a while now I think I am going to have to disagree with you. Tactile feedback is only needed if the touch sensitivity is faulty. If the numbers are always in a consistent location (and it would be completely and utterly stupid along with being completely illogical if the weren't) and if you can feel the screen that is all that is needed. I am able to punch in my PIN number to unlock the device without looking on my Pocket PC and I am sure I could punch a number without looking on the iPhone. Many new cellphones also lack tactile feedback, last time I used a friend's RAZR I don't remember the buttons actually pushing down. I think you underestimate people's ability to know the location of a keypad on a familiar device based on where their hand is.
You missed the point that the kid may be able to sell it, and even if his family had to buy it they can sell it at a higher price due to the white market being twice the price. More realistically, if the kids father needs a little boost to make ends meet, or in the case of a bad father to pay the bar tab, it becomes fairly attractive to try to sell this tool instead of it being used for the intended purpose. The point is if you see one on ebay, you have no real way of knowing if it was bought off the white market or sold by someone who received one in a target country.
plugging in an external keyboard
Umm... Bluetooth?
Tipper Gore is not on the right wing. Heavy censorship comes from the left too, don't be blind to it.
Has everyone forgotten our invasion of Afghanistan? Seriously, after 9/11 the push was to Afghanistan and NO ONE protested. Before the Iraq war millions protested, with some cities having the largest protests in their entire history Iraq's debacle with the UN inspectors set off the start to invading Iraq, and than Saddam kept bluffing and refusing to say he didn't have chemical weapons or to allow UN inspections to resume. I swear people are trying to rewrite current history to make Iraq immediately after 9/11 and completely caused by 9/11. Maybe that works better for the conspiracy theories, but it doesn't really fit the reality I lived through.
To add to that an amazingly high amount of people in America see flashes as a result of loud noises (I can't remember the name of the disorder, but it is extremely common).
You obviously don't know America. When Yellowstone blows up there will be people offering heat resistant suits and paying high wages to whoever will still enter to claim natural resources. The use of volcanic glass will probably also greatly increase, and blocks of pumice will be sold in mass quantities to "Remember Yellowstone". If there is one thing you should never underestimate, it is the ability of Americans to merchandise in the wake of tragedy and catastrophe.
I think you are a little off. The Apocrypha isn't a book, it is a collection of books, and a couple different versions of books existing in the canonical bible. At the time of Jesus the Apocryphal books were debated in the Jewish community, and in the modern world, besides a couple of extremely small Judaism sects, I believe only the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches use it, but could be wrong. The reason the Apocrypha is not included in the normal canon of the bible is usually accredited to lacking authenticity, or conflicting with established books.
I think there is quite a bit, every year there is a new batch of teenagers getting phones. Plus I've gotten a new phone every time I've renewed my contract, as every time there has been one better then what I have (I'm not a big fan of the camera-swiss-army knife phones, but have upgraded from a massive brick to a smaller brick, from a smaller brick to a flip phone, a flip phone to a newer flip-phone with a color screen and back-lit keys, and now to a slider that I can leave on for days without charging). As soon as a good Windows Mobile phone with GPS and WiFi comes state-side I will probably upgrade to that, but so far they only seem to exist abroad or on GSM networks - which my carrier has yet to support.
If the passport cover was some sort of Faraday cage wouldn't this block remote reading unless it is open, or the foil like you pointed out? And if they put Faraday cages around areas where the chip is supposed to be read wouldn't this make attempted remote reading very suspicious? Would some system like this meet your approval?
Last I checked oil was not explosive. The flash point is at 100 degrees Fahrenheit last time I checked. Hell even with gasoline if it is could enough you can drop a match in it and the match will extinguish (it is the gas vapors which are highly flammable, and gas happens to evaporate fairly steady at room temperature). Water may be easier to move, but it is much harder to get the quantities of usable water to use. We are using water faster then it is replenishing, and as stated before many American Aquifers are in danger, as rechargeable ones are being used faster then they are recharged.
I don't think that is quite right: close, but not perfect. Americans want every product to have a range, and to get what you pay for. They want tools that get the job done, and if the job is their specialty then they want tools that are real nice. For a mechanic a $25 set of wrenches won't cut it, just like for a professional photographer a $200 LCD won't cut it. If you've ever gone shopping for a new range with someone that values their kitchen you know the cheapest option isn't the one you will be buying. Most people want the items they care about to as nice as they can afford, and the things they don't value as much to be as cheap as possible while the object/service still functions.