At first I thought, "With the economy being what it is, I can't believe that a state would pass such an expensive statute." Then I remembered that Tennessee is the home of Nashville. So perhaps that is why the RIAA has so much pull there.
"What we do is bring foreign nationals to the world's greatest universities. We train them, invest in them and make them go home," he said. "What kind of national strategy is that? So I would staple a green card to the diploma."
No, thank you. I'd rather keep my job, than have it given to some Sri Lankan who's willing to work for minimum wage.
A dubious distinction, to be sure. Hell, my Heathkit H89 running CP/M outperforms Vista, at least when it comes to boot time. It outperforms Ubuntu in that regard also, come to think of it.
I think you have a point. My personal bete noire is anything with a Mercedes emblem on it. In my experience, anyone I've known who drives one is an ass, so I'm inclined to be less courteous to them on the road. Illogical, I know, but there you have it.
Not sure if you're being serious or not, but the Russian "Tsar" has historically been tranliterated into English as Czar or Tsar. For a long time one might have found it spelled either way, but since "Czar" started being used to describe a high government official, e.g., "Drug Czar" the CZ spelling has tended to be applied to that use, while the TS spelling has now nearly always come to be applied to the rulers of the Russian Empire. The OED comments thusly: The spelling with cz- is against the usage of all Slavonic languages; the word was so spelt by Herberstein, Rerum Moscovit. Commentarii 1549, the chief early source of knowledge as to Russia in Western Europe, whence it passed into the Western Languages generally; in some of these it is now old-fashioned; the usual Ger. form is now zar; French adopted tsar during the 19th c. This also became frequent in English towards the end of that century, having been adopted by the Times newspaper as the most suitable English spelling.
Well, for one thing the plane didn't crash on Fossett's own property. That at least makes it someone's business other than his; and quite possibly everyone's business if the plane crashed on public lands.
In the users' defense, they are so used to having inexplicable and frequent error dialogs pop up under Windows, that it's not surprising that they ignore the details and just "click through". Windows creates a "little boy who cried 'wolf'" environment.
And the thing is....someone, probably multiple people in a committee...actually thought these commercials were a GOOD idea!!
Actually I imagine the truth was simpler than that. There was probably a boardroom of people who were each unwilling to admit that they didn't understand these very esoteric ads. Each one outwardly proclaimed them "brilliant", while inwardly they had no idea what was going on. Nobody was willing to point out that the emperor had no clothes.
This brings up an interesting point. Fifty years ago, we had a similar view of Japan. That is, that they just made cheap little trinkets, but REAL manufacturing was done in the U.S. Then, almost overnight, they began making extremely good quality automobiles, electronics, optics, etc, and did it at less cost. I think we'll soon see the same pattern with China.
That's just wrong. Email is NOT publishing. Comparing email to publishing the Federalist Papers is the kind of argument one would expect from a high school debater.
I simply do not understand the purpose of electronic voting machines. Is it to ease the counting process? Speed up the returns? Provide more accuracy? All these things sound fine if you can trust the machines. But since we can't, how can it ease the counting process when we have to recruit clerks and stewards to do meticulous recounts? What good is it to speed up the returns when recounts force us to wait for days or even weeks before we can be sure of the outcome? What good is accuracy if people don't trust the results anyway? Give me a plain, simple paper ballot any day.
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I don't easily trust strangers who inexplicably trust me. I'm not easily conned. I guess I have a doubting THOMAS.
At first I thought, "With the economy being what it is, I can't believe that a state would pass such an expensive statute." Then I remembered that Tennessee is the home of Nashville. So perhaps that is why the RIAA has so much pull there.
From TFA:
"What we do is bring foreign nationals to the world's greatest universities. We train them, invest in them and make them go home," he said. "What kind of national strategy is that? So I would staple a green card to the diploma."
No, thank you. I'd rather keep my job, than have it given to some Sri Lankan who's willing to work for minimum wage.
I wonder how long before this technology is affordable?
A dubious distinction, to be sure. Hell, my Heathkit H89 running CP/M outperforms Vista, at least when it comes to boot time. It outperforms Ubuntu in that regard also, come to think of it.
...as we shouldn't have to name a season after what happens in it to remember its name.
Yeah, like "Spring" or even "Winter" (from the Proto Indo-European *wind meaning "white").
Like Craig Ferguson, for me, it's gone from "Election Fever" to "Election Infection" and now "Election Fatigue".
Global Talk Like An Anti-Pirate Day...
Arrr, how do ye do that then?
I think you have a point. My personal bete noire is anything with a Mercedes emblem on it. In my experience, anyone I've known who drives one is an ass, so I'm inclined to be less courteous to them on the road. Illogical, I know, but there you have it.
If we could just mount frickin' lasers to the heads of the mice....
Me pregunto si, tal vez se existen un grupo llaman "Cisco"?
I'm guessing that somewhere there are some pissed off chicanos whose brand new norteno CD's won't play...
Not sure if you're being serious or not, but the Russian "Tsar" has historically been tranliterated into English as Czar or Tsar. For a long time one might have found it spelled either way, but since "Czar" started being used to describe a high government official, e.g., "Drug Czar" the CZ spelling has tended to be applied to that use, while the TS spelling has now nearly always come to be applied to the rulers of the Russian Empire. The OED comments thusly: The spelling with cz- is against the usage of all Slavonic languages; the word was so spelt by Herberstein, Rerum Moscovit. Commentarii 1549, the chief early source of knowledge as to Russia in Western Europe, whence it passed into the Western Languages generally; in some of these it is now old-fashioned; the usual Ger. form is now zar; French adopted tsar during the 19th c. This also became frequent in English towards the end of that century, having been adopted by the Times newspaper as the most suitable English spelling.
Well, for one thing the plane didn't crash on Fossett's own property. That at least makes it someone's business other than his; and quite possibly everyone's business if the plane crashed on public lands.
This illustrates why online gambling is so @#$%ing stupid. How can you possibly be sure the game is honest?
So, Bush 41 beat someone named "Dukasis"?
I think that just illustrates one of Governor Dukakis' chief problems in that election. ;-)
In the users' defense, they are so used to having inexplicable and frequent error dialogs pop up under Windows, that it's not surprising that they ignore the details and just "click through". Windows creates a "little boy who cried 'wolf'" environment.
'Because soldiers are already trained to talk in clean, clear and formulaic ways, it would be a very small step to have them think that way.'
He's obviously never been in combat before.
...jelious...
Does that mean they're opaque and wobbly?
And the thing is....someone, probably multiple people in a committee...actually thought these commercials were a GOOD idea!!
Actually I imagine the truth was simpler than that. There was probably a boardroom of people who were each unwilling to admit that they didn't understand these very esoteric ads. Each one outwardly proclaimed them "brilliant", while inwardly they had no idea what was going on. Nobody was willing to point out that the emperor had no clothes.
This brings up an interesting point. Fifty years ago, we had a similar view of Japan. That is, that they just made cheap little trinkets, but REAL manufacturing was done in the U.S. Then, almost overnight, they began making extremely good quality automobiles, electronics, optics, etc, and did it at less cost. I think we'll soon see the same pattern with China.
Apparently he's never read a Dilbert strip.
That's just wrong. Email is NOT publishing. Comparing email to publishing the Federalist Papers is the kind of argument one would expect from a high school debater.
I simply do not understand the purpose of electronic voting machines. Is it to ease the counting process? Speed up the returns? Provide more accuracy? All these things sound fine if you can trust the machines. But since we can't, how can it ease the counting process when we have to recruit clerks and stewards to do meticulous recounts? What good is it to speed up the returns when recounts force us to wait for days or even weeks before we can be sure of the outcome? What good is accuracy if people don't trust the results anyway? Give me a plain, simple paper ballot any day.
"Apple was unavailable for comment at the time of writing."
What, the entire company?