Schwerer Gustav built rail guns for the Nazis in the late 1930s. Those twin guns weighed about 1,350 tons and could lob 80 centimeter shells weighing 7 tons up to 29 miles. Of course that was using gun powder and this new one uses electromagnets to toss shells 220 miles. Still, it's interesting how little guns in general have changed throughout history.
White House sources partly confirmed that U.S. government computers...including systems used by the military for nuclear commands, were breached by Chinese hackers.
I'm speechless. May heads roll!
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The last time Apple lost Jobs, its vision and profitability went down the drain. What's different now?
I've seen far too many comparisons in comment threads with Nakoula's anti-Islamic film to the Supreme Court decision in the Schenck v. United States trial. The majority decision by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes read: "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent."
There is no "clear and present danger" in making a movie depicting Mohammed because there may be extremists in the world who would use it to vent their ever-present hatred of Western freedoms. This slippery slope that would have all free people wary of ever criticising Islam for fear of reprisal and would essentially give extremists the same kind of oppressive power over Western nations as they hold over women in their countries. "Respect our laws or else we'll beat you or kill you."
There's an enormous difference between inciting panic in a crowded theater or rioting in an already present and agitated crowd to making a film or exercising your free speech and then having extremist groups use it as an excuse for violence.
The sky is blue, bears crap in the woods, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
It's not like he's revealing something unusual for Microsoft. When has a Windows OS release ever been fully baked?
Mr. Harris claimed that New York police led protesters on to the Brooklyn Bridge to make it easier to arrest them. The Manhattan DA claims the Twitter messages will show Mr. Harris was aware of police orders that he then disregarded."
This will only allow the truth to come out. I see no downside. Twitter isn't obligated as a private company to maintain your privacy messages -- it's only good business to do so. Bottom line: You send messages using a public social network, you take your privacy in your own hands.
It hasn't worked so far. By comparison, as you can see by the number of attempted airline bombings after 9/11 -- all thwarted by observant passengers -- and security test failures (journalists and security experts smuggling weapons past airport security) technology and pat downs have failed.
On one hand, I understand their ham handed approach to national security after 9/11. It was like a fire department flooding a property to make sure the fire was out. People had and will have good justification for ridiculing their blunt instrument approach to airport security -- especially the randomness of it all. On the other hand, we have intelligent people with experience enough to know that x-ray devices and bag searches only give the illusion of security. While on a much smaller scale, look at what the Israeli's do. A very well trained security person looks deeply into your eyes and questions you. That's it. That's all it takes to give the green light or send up a red flag. And, when was the last time you heard about a hijacking in Israel? Screening passengers by observation techniques can't be thwarted, while technological safeguards can always be overcome.
If all I'm going to be doing at 120 is sitting in a wheel chair, unable to remember what I had for breakfast with a catheter and colostomy bag attached to me, you can keep your attempts at immortality. While we've increased the average lifespan of people, I do not see a decrease in the symptoms which make us feel old -- arthritis, osteoporosis, etc... My grandmother died at 77 years old and she was very frail and unable to get around easily. My father died at 83, and spent the last five years of his life with a horrible back and having undergone multiple operations and treatments for various cancers.
The very fact that these scientists are asking the question, "How old do you want to be" is very telling because it says, the older you live, the longer you'll have to deal with the ailments of old age.
I have a great job and my company affords me a fantastic health plan. Unfortunately, a close friend of mine got laid off after a head injury caused a concussion and after six months of short term disability he was fired from the job where he'd worked for 13 years. He had been making about $60,000 a year. His wife didn't work. He lives in good 'ol Massachusetts, and his unemployment is too high to warrant MassHealth, so he's paying $1,300 a month for Cobra to cover his wife and two children. His savings are almost depleted and he's still recovering (headaches, dizziness, contant pain). While I fully support a national healthcare plan, the one we have in place -- get healthcare or pay the fine -- ain't doing it.
More needs to be done to help those in need of health coverage so they don't wind up going into emergency rooms for chronic illness care. Any study worth its salt shows preventative care is cheaper than reactive care.
Kevin Rose did everything he could to drive away long-time, loyal users, first by killing off any social networking aspect and then by revamping the entire site so that it didn't resemble the original or have any of the functionality that made it popular. It was idiocy gone wild. Personally, I think Betaworks just got ripped off big time. Digg's been going down the drain for two years now, and nothing's going to revive it at his point. Why do you think Rose took a job with Google?
Multiple choice, standardized tests don't promote reasoning, just memorization. It's time we revamp the education system and our testing methods. Let's focus on students completing lengthy projects and being graded on their success.
I'm so excited about this movie. The Hobbit, of course, was the first book of Tolkien's that I read and I'd hoped when they first said they were filming the series in New Zealand that it also would be the first movie. I'm more than happy to pay for quality. Heck, we already pay $15 but 3D movies these days, a few more for a movie like this is well worth it.
What's more fascinating than discussing ads? I can just imagine the Skype conversation with my wife as I'm on a week-long business trip: "Hi Honey, how are you doin... hey, did you see that Microsoft just added new Windows Phone app?"
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Wow. You're a genius. You can read Wikipedia. Tool.
Schwerer Gustav built rail guns for the Nazis in the late 1930s. Those twin guns weighed about 1,350 tons and could lob 80 centimeter shells weighing 7 tons up to 29 miles. Of course that was using gun powder and this new one uses electromagnets to toss shells 220 miles. Still, it's interesting how little guns in general have changed throughout history.
White House sources partly confirmed that U.S. government computers ...including systems used by the military for nuclear commands, were breached by Chinese hackers.
I'm speechless. May heads roll!
The last time Apple lost Jobs, its vision and profitability went down the drain. What's different now?
I've seen far too many comparisons in comment threads with Nakoula's anti-Islamic film to the Supreme Court decision in the Schenck v. United States trial. The majority decision by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes read: "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent." There is no "clear and present danger" in making a movie depicting Mohammed because there may be extremists in the world who would use it to vent their ever-present hatred of Western freedoms. This slippery slope that would have all free people wary of ever criticising Islam for fear of reprisal and would essentially give extremists the same kind of oppressive power over Western nations as they hold over women in their countries. "Respect our laws or else we'll beat you or kill you." There's an enormous difference between inciting panic in a crowded theater or rioting in an already present and agitated crowd to making a film or exercising your free speech and then having extremist groups use it as an excuse for violence.
The sky is blue, bears crap in the woods, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. It's not like he's revealing something unusual for Microsoft. When has a Windows OS release ever been fully baked?
You have been found guilty by the elders of the town of uttering the name of our Lord, and so, as a blasphemer...you are to be stoned to death.
They're making their smart phones more repairable and their MacBooks less repairable? I'm not following the line of logic.
Mr. Harris claimed that New York police led protesters on to the Brooklyn Bridge to make it easier to arrest them. The Manhattan DA claims the Twitter messages will show Mr. Harris was aware of police orders that he then disregarded." This will only allow the truth to come out. I see no downside. Twitter isn't obligated as a private company to maintain your privacy messages -- it's only good business to do so. Bottom line: You send messages using a public social network, you take your privacy in your own hands.
It hasn't worked so far. By comparison, as you can see by the number of attempted airline bombings after 9/11 -- all thwarted by observant passengers -- and security test failures (journalists and security experts smuggling weapons past airport security) technology and pat downs have failed.
On one hand, I understand their ham handed approach to national security after 9/11. It was like a fire department flooding a property to make sure the fire was out. People had and will have good justification for ridiculing their blunt instrument approach to airport security -- especially the randomness of it all. On the other hand, we have intelligent people with experience enough to know that x-ray devices and bag searches only give the illusion of security. While on a much smaller scale, look at what the Israeli's do. A very well trained security person looks deeply into your eyes and questions you. That's it. That's all it takes to give the green light or send up a red flag. And, when was the last time you heard about a hijacking in Israel? Screening passengers by observation techniques can't be thwarted, while technological safeguards can always be overcome.
I'm dead. I don't care. All I want is to eat that TSA monkey's B-R-A-I-N-S!!!
Why would I care if they think I'm a terrorist?
From what I've heard, the astronauts got $8 a day per diem while they were off planet, minus ... wait on it, room and board. No kidding.
If all I'm going to be doing at 120 is sitting in a wheel chair, unable to remember what I had for breakfast with a catheter and colostomy bag attached to me, you can keep your attempts at immortality. While we've increased the average lifespan of people, I do not see a decrease in the symptoms which make us feel old -- arthritis, osteoporosis, etc... My grandmother died at 77 years old and she was very frail and unable to get around easily. My father died at 83, and spent the last five years of his life with a horrible back and having undergone multiple operations and treatments for various cancers. The very fact that these scientists are asking the question, "How old do you want to be" is very telling because it says, the older you live, the longer you'll have to deal with the ailments of old age.
I have a great job and my company affords me a fantastic health plan. Unfortunately, a close friend of mine got laid off after a head injury caused a concussion and after six months of short term disability he was fired from the job where he'd worked for 13 years. He had been making about $60,000 a year. His wife didn't work. He lives in good 'ol Massachusetts, and his unemployment is too high to warrant MassHealth, so he's paying $1,300 a month for Cobra to cover his wife and two children. His savings are almost depleted and he's still recovering (headaches, dizziness, contant pain). While I fully support a national healthcare plan, the one we have in place -- get healthcare or pay the fine -- ain't doing it. More needs to be done to help those in need of health coverage so they don't wind up going into emergency rooms for chronic illness care. Any study worth its salt shows preventative care is cheaper than reactive care.
Well, kiss my app
The first printed product - a gun. Ugh.
Kevin Rose did everything he could to drive away long-time, loyal users, first by killing off any social networking aspect and then by revamping the entire site so that it didn't resemble the original or have any of the functionality that made it popular. It was idiocy gone wild. Personally, I think Betaworks just got ripped off big time. Digg's been going down the drain for two years now, and nothing's going to revive it at his point. Why do you think Rose took a job with Google?
From the headline, I thought he'd invented a shoe that actually printed. My dream remains alive!
Just don't let Lucky Star Bus Line get a hold of it. They have a hard enough time not flipping their 70mph buses.
Multiple choice, standardized tests don't promote reasoning, just memorization. It's time we revamp the education system and our testing methods. Let's focus on students completing lengthy projects and being graded on their success.
I'm so excited about this movie. The Hobbit, of course, was the first book of Tolkien's that I read and I'd hoped when they first said they were filming the series in New Zealand that it also would be the first movie. I'm more than happy to pay for quality. Heck, we already pay $15 but 3D movies these days, a few more for a movie like this is well worth it.
What's more fascinating than discussing ads? I can just imagine the Skype conversation with my wife as I'm on a week-long business trip: "Hi Honey, how are you doin ... hey, did you see that Microsoft just added new Windows Phone app?"
Mister Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets!