Google does not need to pay one cent to place all these products in its search engine, which has a huge market share. But Google's page doesn't include products from competitors.
The problem is that, to get the benefits you claim, people will have to get their IDs checked very frequently. Perhaps daily to catch illegal immigrants who are trying to hide. Enough people will refuse to co-operate that this will be very expensive.
Currently, if you pay by cash and don't fly, you can live almost your entire life anonymously. Nobody checks your identity, and and nothing gets recorded on any database. This is a good way to protect yourself against fraud and also (seeing as you mentioned it) means you get *NO* junk mail.
From the first result: "Prozac is associated with insomnia, restlessness, nausea, and tension headaches, which normally go away within one to two weeks from the time it was first taken. One possible Prozac side effect, which remains for the time it is taken, is its effect on your sex life. It often reduces desire and can delay or interfere with orgasm, in both women and men. Fatigue and memory loss are other possible problems. These side effects subside when you stop taking the drug."
Sounds like "muffling several higher brain functions" to me. Also there is a scary list of other side effects.
Even if we use all politically acceptable sources of renewable power, there will not be enough to go around.
Remember that e.g. solar cells need to produce enough power to pay back their production, distribution, installation, maintenance and disposal costs, plus the cost of backup generation for night time, before we get any net benefit. (Unfortunately some of my fellow enviromentalists ignore these costs and sometimes support schemes that actually waste energy overall)
So the electricity for electric cars will, in effect, come from the next cleanest source. For example burning Oil, or Natural Gas.
Parent is correct that it is more efficient to have the car burn hydrocarbon fuels directly, rather than go via electricity.
"Putti are those plump little naked boys with wings that one often sees in Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque and Rococo art. Typically, a putto (the singular form) depicts an angel or cherub in a religious scene, but he may also come in the form of Cupid. In either case, a putto's presence symbolizes love, whether Divine or of a more earthly nature. Incidentally, you never run across ugly putti in art; they're so cute you could just pinch them." - Art History Glossary
For example, replacing "first mover" by "new regime" and "second mover" by "insurgency":
"What is interesting are the lessons we can learn about how a fast [insurgency] can upset the normally strong barriers to entry that a [new regime's] advantage in a [country] can create. In short, the big lesson learned is that a window of opportunity exists for a [insurgency] to challenge a [new regime] in this setting early on when [democracy] has not yet diffused through the entire population - the [insurgency] can try to influence new users rather than get the small [democratic] base to switch over.
The [insurgency] has to have some sort of asymmetric advantage, such as [suicide bombings], in order to slow the build-up of network effects around the first mover and ensure that the [insurgency]'s product begins to build up a critical mass."
Re: telling people that they can't use your software if they use DRM -- isn't that a sort of DRM right there, just done in legalize rather than software and hardware
Nobody is saying this. You'll be perfectly OK using GPLv3'd packages with DRM. What you won't be able to do is publish anything that uses both, because that would restrict the rights of others.
Re: showing how creatures first walked out of the water and on to dry land more than 375m years ago
Not so. Arthropods (millipedes and centipedes etc) first conquered the land around 500 million years ago and were walking around long before this newly-discovered beastie. Their fossilised footprints have been found. "The oldest body fossil of a land animal is a 430-million-year-old millipede."
"Our own ancestors, fish-like amphibians, first lumbered ashore a mere 370 million years ago. There they found a world teeming with plants and giant creepy crawlies."
3) You are affected by EM radiation, but the effects take a long time to show.
For example: I am affected by virusses. If I work alongside someone who has a cold, but not yet sick enough to show obvious symptoms, I may get ill. Does this mean that I can use this effect to "correctly recognise" when someone is incubating a cold? No, because the time delay is too long.
The symptoms may be psychosomatic , rather than caused by EM radiation, but the quoted studies are not proof. Some idiots still say that asthma is psychosomatic (a myth) because of similarly flawed research in the past.
As for the "more people voted in Big brother than in the general election" line, which is often said, does anyone know whether this represents individual voters, or is it mainly due to loonies voting repeatedly?
"Providing the appropriate environment is the most challenging part of keeping scorpions. The proper heat and humidity is vital in preventing problems. Emperors can be kept alone or in groups. If keeping more than one, a larger tank will be necessary, and a good rule of thumb is to have at least a couple more hiding spots than you have scorpions so they can each have their "space.""
- Scorpions as Pets
The BBC Article still begins as follows.
One can only speculate why the parent who argues that "the only irresponsible party here is the blogger himself" didn't include a link.
"China shuts down outspoken blog
By Sebastian Usher
BBC's world media correspondent
One of China's most outspoken and widely read blogs has been closed down by the authorities."
"There is often a large old-fashioned house or mansion with a creaking door, which often slams shut after people enter... There will usually be an old man or woman who warns everyone of a supernatural threat, but no one believes him/her... people will choose dead-ends and dark places over logical exit routes" - Horror Movie Cliches
Bicycle Trailers. Or be like me and rig up a large folding box so it can be attached to your bike. On the rare occasions when you need something too big for one of these, such as furniture, pay the shop to deliver - the cost of this is insignificant compared to the savings from not running a car.
Many of us have been following the AOL/Yahoo! Goodmail press lately. While the deal was initially announced back in October last year, for some reason the PR engines only began to get going in February 2006. What sparked the sudden change in direction?
While I can't necessarily answer that question completely, I believe it was due to some miscommunication and misunderstanding for which AOL may have even been partly to blame. And for our part, we tried to set the record straight and emphasize that:
1. Goodmail is an optional program for mailers who are interested in participating.
2. Goodmail is AOL's third whitelist (to date) with the possibility for more..
3. AOL's other two whitelists ("AOL Whitelist" and "AOL Enhanced Whitelist") are not going away.".
..likewise new businesses. "In order to meet the strict qualifying criteria, an organization must, among other things:
* have at least one year of business history, as verified by a commercial identity verification service
* have business headquarters located in the United States or Canada"
- Accreditation Criteria
Is this a mistake, or should I contact my MP and a lawyer?
Slashdot Mirror
Google does not need to pay one cent to place all these products in its search engine, which has a huge market share.
But Google's page doesn't include products from competitors.
... seeing as you posted as AC? :-)
The problem is that, to get the benefits you claim, people will have to get their IDs checked very frequently. Perhaps daily to catch illegal immigrants who are trying to hide. Enough people will refuse to co-operate that this will be very expensive.
Currently, if you pay by cash and don't fly, you can live almost your entire life anonymously. Nobody checks your identity, and and nothing gets recorded on any database. This is a good way to protect yourself against fraud and also (seeing as you mentioned it) means you get *NO* junk mail.
Psychotria - You seem to be unaware of Google: prozac side effects.
From the first result: "Prozac is associated with insomnia, restlessness, nausea, and tension headaches, which normally go away within one to two weeks from the time it was first taken. One possible Prozac side effect, which remains for the time it is taken, is its effect on your sex life. It often reduces desire and can delay or interfere with orgasm, in both women and men. Fatigue and memory loss are other possible problems. These side effects subside when you stop taking the drug."
Sounds like "muffling several higher brain functions" to me. Also there is a scary list of other side effects.
Even if we use all politically acceptable sources of renewable power, there will not be enough to go around.
Remember that e.g. solar cells need to produce enough power to pay back their production, distribution, installation, maintenance and disposal costs, plus the cost of backup generation for night time, before we get any net benefit. (Unfortunately some of my fellow enviromentalists ignore these costs and sometimes support schemes that actually waste energy overall)
So the electricity for electric cars will, in effect, come from the next cleanest source. For example burning Oil, or Natural Gas.
Parent is correct that it is more efficient to have the car burn hydrocarbon fuels directly, rather than go via electricity.
Some lawyers claim that copyright covers "Methods and Concepts", which could include an Artist's style I expect.
"Putti are those plump little naked boys with wings that one often sees in Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque and Rococo art. Typically, a putto (the singular form) depicts an angel or cherub in a religious scene, but he may also come in the form of Cupid. In either case, a putto's presence symbolizes love, whether Divine or of a more earthly nature. Incidentally, you never run across ugly putti in art; they're so cute you could just pinch them." - Art History Glossary
Images (illegal?)
Is this is a class issue? Naked kids in anime "comics" are disgusting and illegal. Naked kids in statues are artistic and legal?
I bet the Pentagon has a use for mines that won't blow up until all Americans have left the scene.
For example, replacing "first mover" by "new regime" and "second mover" by "insurgency":
"What is interesting are the lessons we can learn about how a fast [insurgency] can upset the normally strong barriers to entry that a [new regime's] advantage in a [country] can create. In short, the big lesson learned is that a window of opportunity exists for a [insurgency] to challenge a [new regime] in this setting early on when [democracy] has not yet diffused through the entire population - the [insurgency] can try to influence new users rather than get the small [democratic] base to switch over.
The [insurgency] has to have some sort of asymmetric advantage, such as [suicide bombings], in order to slow the build-up of network effects around the first mover and ensure that the [insurgency]'s product begins to build up a critical mass."
BTW this edited version could be illegal here (plan for a terrorist attack), but f**k it, IANAT.
Re: telling people that they can't use your software if they use DRM -- isn't that a sort of DRM right there, just done in legalize rather than software and hardware
Nobody is saying this. You'll be perfectly OK using GPLv3'd packages with DRM. What you won't be able to do is publish anything that uses both, because that would restrict the rights of others.
Exactly what I thought. I've been doing this sort of thing manually for years, so I assume it's obvious and not patentable.
Re: showing how creatures first walked out of the water and on to dry land more than 375m years ago
Not so. Arthropods (millipedes and centipedes etc) first conquered the land around 500 million years ago and were walking around long before this newly-discovered beastie. Their fossilised footprints have been found. "The oldest body fossil of a land animal is a 430-million-year-old millipede."
"Our own ancestors, fish-like amphibians, first lumbered ashore a mere 370 million years ago. There they found a world teeming with plants and giant creepy crawlies."
3) You are affected by EM radiation, but the effects take a long time to show.
For example: I am affected by virusses. If I work alongside someone who has a cold, but not yet sick enough to show obvious symptoms, I may get ill. Does this mean that I can use this effect to "correctly recognise" when someone is incubating a cold? No, because the time delay is too long.
The symptoms may be psychosomatic , rather than caused by EM radiation, but the quoted studies are not proof. Some idiots still say that asthma is psychosomatic (a myth) because of similarly flawed research in the past.
...because there were very few television sets before the World War 2. For example 200 worldwide in 1936.
You may be thinking about newsreel.
As for the "more people voted in Big brother than in the general election" line, which is often said, does anyone know whether this represents individual voters, or is it mainly due to loonies voting repeatedly?
"Providing the appropriate environment is the most challenging part of keeping scorpions. The proper heat and humidity is vital in preventing problems. Emperors can be kept alone or in groups. If keeping more than one, a larger tank will be necessary, and a good rule of thumb is to have at least a couple more hiding spots than you have scorpions so they can each have their "space."" - Scorpions as Pets
The BBC Article still begins as follows.
One can only speculate why the parent who argues that "the only irresponsible party here is the blogger himself" didn't include a link.
"China shuts down outspoken blog
By Sebastian Usher
BBC's world media correspondent
One of China's most outspoken and widely read blogs has been closed down by the authorities."
- Air Travel should be banned until we win the War on Terror
- Hospitals should be closed until antibiotic-resistent diseases are cured
- Credit cards should be blocked until fraud is prevented
Insightful? Pah! (BOFH Archives)"There is often a large old-fashioned house or mansion with a creaking door, which often slams shut after people enter ... There will usually be an old man or woman who warns everyone of a supernatural threat, but no one believes him/her ... people will choose dead-ends and dark places over logical exit routes" - Horror Movie Cliches
Bicycle Trailers. Or be like me and rig up a large folding box so it can be attached to your bike. On the rare occasions when you need something too big for one of these, such as furniture, pay the shop to deliver - the cost of this is insignificant compared to the savings from not running a car.
...apparantly. See dog's bollocks (meaning). Coincidentally similar meaning to the nuts in poker.
Austrian court jails British historian for Holocaust denial. Map.
... which is fortunate as nothing enjoyable is completely safe. It's Illegal It's Immoral Or It Makes You Fat
"The Left, the Right, the Bad, and the Good(mail)
Many of us have been following the AOL/Yahoo! Goodmail press lately. While the deal was initially announced back in October last year, for some reason the PR engines only began to get going in February 2006. What sparked the sudden change in direction?
While I can't necessarily answer that question completely, I believe it was due to some miscommunication and misunderstanding for which AOL may have even been partly to blame. And for our part, we tried to set the record straight and emphasize that:
1. Goodmail is an optional program for mailers who are interested in participating.
2. Goodmail is AOL's third whitelist (to date) with the possibility for more..
3. AOL's other two whitelists ("AOL Whitelist" and "AOL Enhanced Whitelist") are not going away.".
More: Carl Hutzler's Blog
..likewise new businesses. "In order to meet the strict qualifying criteria, an organization must, among other things:
* have at least one year of business history, as verified by a commercial identity verification service
* have business headquarters located in the United States or Canada"
- Accreditation Criteria
Is this a mistake, or should I contact my MP and a lawyer?