This might seem a little silly, but during a viral pandemic or any other event that causes massive social upheaval you may actually have more important things to worry about than checking your myspace.
No they aren't. Shoulder fired guided missiles are very very rare. Rocket propelled grenades are relatively easy to obtain, but are not guided and as such can not be defeated by disabling their non-existent guidance system. This countermeasure device is another response to another non existent threat.
We should be focusing on real threats, like diabetes, cancer, heart disease or any one of the many pandemics of effluence.
I like this idea, it's like how you become a ninja also. Dedicated practice. Of course it helps to find some guru to help you on your way.
The other side of the coin is to take a more functional approach, work out what you want to do, and then find the coding constructs to make that possible.
True, but we don't get to choose the composition of those materials and they made up roughly of the same stuff as everything else in the solar system. It's the importation of specific materials on a large scale that could upset the balance.
The environmental impact of space mining on the Earth might be something interesting to ponder though. What would be the effect of mass dumpings of extra-terrestrial material on the earth be, given that the rubbish left over from any products brought into the earth would not then be ejected back into space. Imagine if massive oil reserves were found on a nearby planet, would this be a good thing to bing it here and burn it in our atmosphere?
True, but it never seems to work out as they plan. "All Quiet on the Western Front" was one such story. "Saving Private Ryan" in the first 15 minutes showed the carnage and waste of life. Then it turned into a typical war flick. I bet people enlisted after seeing 'Ryan. The point is old vets complain bitterly about war, but young men still go off to fight them.
The question is not: which is the greater threat? The concept is, that in the past witches were hunted down and burned because they were thought to be the centre of all evil, then the focus changed to another group and then another, we had the socialists, the communists, the greenies, the blacks, the muslims etc etc. So in a sense there have always been "witches" to hunt, regardless of the actual threat.
Have you read the Crucible, by Arthur Miller? A great story by a great American author.
Al Queda isn't mythical. But the whole terror situation is being blown way out of proportion.
Just a layman, but from what I have read yes there is an increase in carcinomas in AIDS patients. Kaposi's sarcoma being a typical symptom of immune sistem degeneration.
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Obviously the language of choice would be Klingon...
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They might have hundreds of words for snow; we have adjectives.
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In the legend humans all spoke one language until the tower of Babel was destroyed. So I think you want to build a desktop tower-of-Babel rather than destroy one...
I have lived in the USA and in other countries. The only place that I have seen in the world that being introverted or "thoughtful" is thought of as being weird or spooky is the USA. In other places in the world people who think about what they have to say, rather than spouting some clichés and dogma, which seems so common in the USA, are the ones who are respected. That certainly holds true of all the Canadians I've met.
Having said that, there are a lot of very intelligent and thoughtful people in the USA, and yes most of them aren't extroverts:P
So my point is not about how leaders and extroverts in the world are, just that thinking that introversion is a bad thing is probably likely to be a fairly US specific thing.
In most of the world a Pentium 266 is still a very usefull computer. Go anywhere that has a culture of internet cafes and you will see heaps of such computers...
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This might seem a little silly, but during a viral pandemic or any other event that causes massive social upheaval you may actually have more important things to worry about than checking your myspace.
We should be focusing on real threats, like diabetes, cancer, heart disease or any one of the many pandemics of effluence.
The other side of the coin is to take a more functional approach, work out what you want to do, and then find the coding constructs to make that possible.
True, but we don't get to choose the composition of those materials and they made up roughly of the same stuff as everything else in the solar system. It's the importation of specific materials on a large scale that could upset the balance.
I said "imagine" - it was a hypothetical, but you get the idea... any influx of material would have to be monitored.
The environmental impact of space mining on the Earth might be something interesting to ponder though. What would be the effect of mass dumpings of extra-terrestrial material on the earth be, given that the rubbish left over from any products brought into the earth would not then be ejected back into space. Imagine if massive oil reserves were found on a nearby planet, would this be a good thing to bing it here and burn it in our atmosphere?
Stop being a such a cry baby. Take it on, live a little outside your comfort zone. Make it work for you...
... and go and see "Fight Club". :P
True, but it never seems to work out as they plan. "All Quiet on the Western Front" was one such story. "Saving Private Ryan" in the first 15 minutes showed the carnage and waste of life. Then it turned into a typical war flick. I bet people enlisted after seeing 'Ryan. The point is old vets complain bitterly about war, but young men still go off to fight them.
Old soldiers don't fight wars
Time flies like an arrow...
Do they really?
That's a great sig. I love it :) LOL
The question is not: which is the greater threat? The concept is, that in the past witches were hunted down and burned because they were thought to be the centre of all evil, then the focus changed to another group and then another, we had the socialists, the communists, the greenies, the blacks, the muslims etc etc. So in a sense there have always been "witches" to hunt, regardless of the actual threat.
Have you read the Crucible, by Arthur Miller? A great story by a great American author.
Al Queda isn't mythical. But the whole terror situation is being blown way out of proportion.
Just a layman, but from what I have read yes there is an increase in carcinomas in AIDS patients. Kaposi's sarcoma being a typical symptom of immune sistem degeneration.
point out to your boss that you can no longer do anything
ask not to have to come in
take two weeks holiday before you start your next job
go on holidays / get out of the basement
enjoy!
what DO kangaroos eat, anyway?
Tourists
...and that's why health care should be a function of the state, paid for by taxes, "free" for everyone.
But of course in the US that would be called socialism and therefore bad.
So has Dave Clarke released a new track then????
Obviously the language of choice would be Klingon...
They might have hundreds of words for snow; we have adjectives.
In the legend humans all spoke one language until the tower of Babel was destroyed. So I think you want to build a desktop tower-of-Babel rather than destroy one...
If you let me marry your sister I can get a greencard! Then I can contribute as if I were a real person.
I have lived in the USA and in other countries. The only place that I have seen in the world that being introverted or "thoughtful" is thought of as being weird or spooky is the USA. In other places in the world people who think about what they have to say, rather than spouting some clichés and dogma, which seems so common in the USA, are the ones who are respected. That certainly holds true of all the Canadians I've met.
Having said that, there are a lot of very intelligent and thoughtful people in the USA, and yes most of them aren't extroverts :P
So my point is not about how leaders and extroverts in the world are, just that thinking that introversion is a bad thing is probably likely to be a fairly US specific thing.
In most of the world a Pentium 266 is still a very usefull computer. Go anywhere that has a culture of internet cafes and you will see heaps of such computers...
0..4(86) is getting oldddddddd.....
Another case of the assumption that the USA = The World.
God Bless America.