Suspended habeas corpus in violation of Article I, section 9 of the constitution.
So did Lincoln.
Donated funds to "faith based" organizations in violation of the first amendment.
The first amendment says:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
It doesn't say the government can't give faith based groups money for programs like soup kitchens.
Another things is Some of use don't have the bandwidth to watch streaming shows. I tried the free thing NBC had (not hulu), and it was just to jerky. Now, with iTunes I could just download the show and watch it when I want.
Does anyone else find it ironic that they want you to buy your movie tickets with your cell phone and then don't want you to bring your cell phone into the theater?
"offering lower prices for so many years has hurt local economies"
I always here this argument about Wal-Mart. But one thing that Wal-Mart does do is make many more things available to the local people. They stock things that I just couldn't buy locally before.
You would think that the people who start the networks would have a passion about their subject. Discovery should be about learning, DIY should be about doing it yourself, MTV should be about music. I think somewhere along the way, the people lose their vision.
I think most developers are just waiting for version 1.1 to come out of the alpha stage. (1.0 is javascript based, but 1.1 is suppose to let you code in several other languages, like C# and Python).
Believe it or not, Limewire can be used for things other than downloading music. I was never big into music so I never got into the whole p2p thing. Then one day I was at a friends house and he had kazza or something like that running so I decided to play with it. It was really amazing -- not that you could share music -- that you could share any file at all! You could have Word documents or pdfs or anything else. Of course, people could still use it for bad things like warez, but even if everything on it was totally legit, it would still be cool.
It's Bush's fault! He signed the bill! It's his fault!
Come on now. You can't have it both ways. You can't keep claiming that everything bad that happens is his fault and then not give him credit for the good.
If I recall (it's been a few years), quite a few people were working on the telephone around that timeframe (late 1800s). I think there may have even been some prizes offered for the first who could do it. And it was actually Thomas Edison who invented the vibrating carbon type phone that we used for years. But at first he didn't realize it, because he was going deaf.
"Think Allen has rubber chairs to throw around now?"
I'm assuming you're referring to Mr. Ballmer. And even if you're not.
With apologies to Robot Chicken (and Mr. Ballmer):
New Microsoft employees are being lead on a tour of the Microsoft campus.
"And this is Steve Ballmer's office. Sometimes Mr. Ballmer likes to throw things and holler and make loud noises. If you're walking by and he comes out and hollers at you and/or tells you you're fired, don't worry. Just keep walking. And if he throws a chair at you, don't worry. We've replaced them all with realistic looking rubber ones."
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Suspended habeas corpus in violation of Article I, section 9 of the constitution.
So did Lincoln.
Donated funds to "faith based" organizations in violation of the first amendment.
The first amendment says:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
It doesn't say the government can't give faith based groups money for programs like soup kitchens.
That's the way we do it here, except that we stick the ballot in the machine ourselves.
You know, you made me think of something. Apple has tightly controlled hardware, so Macs should have some pretty cool demos out there.
Brings new meaning to the term "nuclear weapon".
You're in luck:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20070831215028.html
No. Because TV simply has more bandwidth.
Ok, My-S-Q-L, you owes us some money, see. So pay up!
Wait, it's not me your want, it's that "My-Sequel" guy.
Nice try. We ain't fallen for that trick again. Now pay up. Or Vinny here will re-write your core in Java.
That's the same reason that voice activated computers won't fully take over: people get tired of talking.
Another things is Some of use don't have the bandwidth to watch streaming shows. I tried the free thing NBC had (not hulu), and it was just to jerky. Now, with iTunes I could just download the show and watch it when I want.
Does anyone else find it ironic that they want you to buy your movie tickets with your cell phone and then don't want you to bring your cell phone into the theater?
"90% of the stuff they sell was probably already available locally"
No, it was not.
"occasional short drive"
I don't consider an hour or two drive "short". Some things weren't available, even with a drive.
"Walmarts which also have discounted grocery stores attached."
Most of the Walmarts they've built around here where in places that already had grocery store chains like Food World or Winn-Dixie.
Look, I'm not against small business. And I'm not pro WalMart. I'm just saying they aren't as evil as everyone thinks.
"offering lower prices for so many years has hurt local economies"
I always here this argument about Wal-Mart. But one thing that Wal-Mart does do is make many more things available to the local people. They stock things that I just couldn't buy locally before.
Yeah, I remember that. I also remember some of the telecos turning around and becoming ISPs!
Has anyone taken the source files to the project and created anything else with them?
I've often thought the same thing about company's "Activation fees" that are just someone changing something in a computer.
Some people would actually pay for the illegal copy if it were available in stores. That should tell Sony something.
You would think that the people who start the networks would have a passion about their subject. Discovery should be about learning, DIY should be about doing it yourself, MTV should be about music. I think somewhere along the way, the people lose their vision.
I think most developers are just waiting for version 1.1 to come out of the alpha stage. (1.0 is javascript based, but 1.1 is suppose to let you code in several other languages, like C# and Python).
"Journal written by twitter (104583) and posted by Zonk"
Oh man, now the editors aren't even writing the summaries anymore.
Here's a scary idea: There's room for both types of software.
Believe it or not, Limewire can be used for things other than downloading music. I was never big into music so I never got into the whole p2p thing. Then one day I was at a friends house and he had kazza or something like that running so I decided to play with it. It was really amazing -- not that you could share music -- that you could share any file at all! You could have Word documents or pdfs or anything else. Of course, people could still use it for bad things like warez, but even if everything on it was totally legit, it would still be cool.
It's Bush's fault! He signed the bill! It's his fault!
Come on now. You can't have it both ways. You can't keep claiming that everything bad that happens is his fault and then not give him credit for the good.
If I recall (it's been a few years), quite a few people were working on the telephone around that timeframe (late 1800s). I think there may have even been some prizes offered for the first who could do it. And it was actually Thomas Edison who invented the vibrating carbon type phone that we used for years. But at first he didn't realize it, because he was going deaf.
"Think Allen has rubber chairs to throw around now?"
I'm assuming you're referring to Mr. Ballmer. And even if you're not.
With apologies to Robot Chicken (and Mr. Ballmer):
New Microsoft employees are being lead on a tour of the Microsoft campus.
"And this is Steve Ballmer's office. Sometimes Mr. Ballmer likes to throw things and holler and make loud noises. If you're walking by and he comes out and hollers at you and/or tells you you're fired, don't worry. Just keep walking. And if he throws a chair at you, don't worry. We've replaced them all with realistic looking rubber ones."
This is slashdot. Facts don't matter.