I believe the Internet will lead to more better global understanding and knowledge (it already has). It will lead to better news reporting to compete with those that read from multiple news sources and have a better understanding of the truth so that sensationalism and out and out lies will likely decrease.
The complete opposite is happening. Simple rumors get reported as fact and blown entirely out of proportion before they can be quelled.
They've been begging for federal funds for years before this happened to upgrade the levees.
An eye-witness to the storm, whose home was near one of the breached levees, reported on CNN Saturday that the break was caused by loose barges smashing into the levee, and not a failure of the levee alone.
So, it may be that no amount of federal funding might have had any preventative effect.
Sure, a lot of what Hollywood is turning out these days is crap, but they usually turn out a few good pictures a year. The problem is that none of them are good enough to want to brave the cell-phones, screaming two-year-olds, traffic, 1/2-mile parking lot hikes, and other obstacles one has to put up with to attend a movie these days.
Add to that the competition with other entertainment media, DVR's, Netflix, and the rise of (somewhat) affordable, good-quality home viewing equipment -- hell, why don't they just put the movies straight to DVD?
Yeah, but think about it: Your friends come over to watch the game, and some tampon commercials come on. Now they're wondering about you. "Dave, do you have something you'd like to tell us?":-)
My most hated new phrase which I'm hearing more and more is "on a go-forward basis", said in place of, "from now on".
But not all new Corporate-Speak is bad. My favorite new phrase: "blamestorming", to describe a meeting where managers sit around trying to assess blame for some mistake. Of course, unlike the first phrase, this one wasn't invented by the PHB's.
Do the Chinese use different words for "freedom" and "demonstration" depending on context? "Freedom" and "demonstration" can be used in contexts outside of politics, for example: "This fashion style allows the wearer more freedom of movement." "The experiment was a demonstration of how light refracts."
For those of you who do not know exactly what this means, in the Book of Revelations, during the Tribulation, the Antichrist's system will impose a compulsory registration and sign of loyalty to the Antichrist, signified by a distinguishing mark or tattoo.
Other, non-Christian readers should note that the above is only one interpretation (Pre Millenialism) out of three schools of eschatology (study of the end times). The Post Millienial and Amillenial points of view interpret this part of The Revelation differently.
Don't assume RR members are dumb;
Actually, they are pretty dumb if they think they can exert some sort of control over end-time events.
The ONLY way you can interpret that as "I created the internet" is if you are so stupid that you:
I interpret it the only way it can be interpreted: That Al Gore wanted people to believe that without him, there would be no internet. While, perhaps, not a falsehood, it is an exaggeration.
He's just a typical politician. Why do you defend him so?
Read Al Franken's book, "Lies and the Lying Liars who tell them" for a full essay on what Gore really said, why it's perfectly true, how and who twisted Gore's words into a lie, and how they pushed the lie to paint Gore as an exaggerator and liar for political gain.
If it takes a complete essay to explain and interpret a simple sentence, there is a problem. It's like having to explain what the definition of the word "is" is.
What Gore said was simple: that he created the internet. He did not. It's pretty hard to interpret that sentence in any other way.
I hope there's an alternate universe where IP professionals bitch and moan on an internet bulletin board about how IT professionals are idiots who can't perform their duties.
The problem I have with IP is patents are granted to people who have yet to create an invention. Patents should only be granted to actual, functional devices.
It's like this: just because one might dream of owning a ranch in Montana, doesn't mean one actually holds property there. Yet that is how our current patent system works.
This is largely a symbolic gesture. It let's congress do something which has little effect on the situation, but allows them to say that they "took measures" to save energy.
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And just think. People like this are allowed to vote, and drive cars.
I believe the Internet will lead to more better global understanding and knowledge (it already has). It will lead to better news reporting to compete with those that read from multiple news sources and have a better understanding of the truth so that sensationalism and out and out lies will likely decrease.
The complete opposite is happening. Simple rumors get reported as fact and blown entirely out of proportion before they can be quelled.
They've been begging for federal funds for years before this happened to upgrade the levees.
An eye-witness to the storm, whose home was near one of the breached levees, reported on CNN Saturday that the break was caused by loose barges smashing into the levee, and not a failure of the levee alone.
So, it may be that no amount of federal funding might have had any preventative effect.
Oh yeah, that's my idea of a fun evening. Instead of watching the movie, I'm running around trying to find someone to complain to.
Sure, a lot of what Hollywood is turning out these days is crap, but they usually turn out a few good pictures a year. The problem is that none of them are good enough to want to brave the cell-phones, screaming two-year-olds, traffic, 1/2-mile parking lot hikes, and other obstacles one has to put up with to attend a movie these days.
Add to that the competition with other entertainment media, DVR's, Netflix, and the rise of (somewhat) affordable, good-quality home viewing equipment -- hell, why don't they just put the movies straight to DVD?
I always knew it was a bar.
Yeah, but think about it: Your friends come over to watch the game, and some tampon commercials come on. Now they're wondering about you. "Dave, do you have something you'd like to tell us?" :-)
More like "OwnedTV", as in they own you.
If only my parents had had good reason to abort me!
Wow! How you arrive at your views is clearer now that I see how little you value your own life.
BTW, I am also against the death penalty, as well as abortion, so at least I am consistent.
rather than a little bit of tissue and goo
Just wanted to point out that you were once a little bit of tissue and goo. Lucky for you, though, your parents didn't see it that way.
$300 per console?
$60 per game?
Wow! Each purchase should come with a free tube of K-Y Jelly.
Imagine the possibilities this ruling creates for the self-employed schizophrenic...
I wonder how many get it?
My most hated new phrase which I'm hearing more and more is "on a go-forward basis", said in place of, "from now on".
But not all new Corporate-Speak is bad. My favorite new phrase: "blamestorming", to describe a meeting where managers sit around trying to assess blame for some mistake. Of course, unlike the first phrase, this one wasn't invented by the PHB's.
Do the Chinese use different words for "freedom" and "demonstration" depending on context? "Freedom" and "demonstration" can be used in contexts outside of politics, for example: "This fashion style allows the wearer more freedom of movement." "The experiment was a demonstration of how light refracts."
Um...OK...if you know it's a dupe, why is it still being re-reported?
/. So it's actually news to some people.
Well, for one thing, some of us have better things to do on Saturday than read
For those of you who do not know exactly what this means, in the Book of Revelations, during the Tribulation, the Antichrist's system will impose a compulsory registration and sign of loyalty to the Antichrist, signified by a distinguishing mark or tattoo.
Other, non-Christian readers should note that the above is only one interpretation (Pre Millenialism) out of three schools of eschatology (study of the end times). The Post Millienial and Amillenial points of view interpret this part of The Revelation differently.
Don't assume RR members are dumb;
Actually, they are pretty dumb if they think they can exert some sort of control over end-time events.
In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with people having to positively identify themselves.
However, if this system is really justified, and is the right thing to do, then nobody should have any trouble with having it debated in Congress.
Instead, it is being tacked on to other legistlation which is always a sign that we're all about to be screwed.
Anything this important needs to be debated in Congress.
The ONLY way you can interpret that as "I created the internet" is if you are so stupid that you:
I interpret it the only way it can be interpreted: That Al Gore wanted people to believe that without him, there would be no internet. While, perhaps, not a falsehood, it is an exaggeration.
He's just a typical politician. Why do you defend him so?
I bet when you were young, the other kids on the playground used to line up just to sock you in the nose.
Read Al Franken's book, "Lies and the Lying Liars who tell them" for a full essay on what Gore really said, why it's perfectly true, how and who twisted Gore's words into a lie, and how they pushed the lie to paint Gore as an exaggerator and liar for political gain.
If it takes a complete essay to explain and interpret a simple sentence, there is a problem. It's like having to explain what the definition of the word "is" is.
What Gore said was simple: that he created the internet. He did not. It's pretty hard to interpret that sentence in any other way.
For the same reason that the government gets involved in sanitation and road construction. The market is not capable of "sorting out" every issue.
I hope there's an alternate universe where IP professionals bitch and moan on an internet bulletin board about how IT professionals are idiots who can't perform their duties.
The problem I have with IP is patents are granted to people who have yet to create an invention. Patents should only be granted to actual, functional devices.
It's like this: just because one might dream of owning a ranch in Montana, doesn't mean one actually holds property there. Yet that is how our current patent system works.
This is largely a symbolic gesture. It let's congress do something which has little effect on the situation, but allows them to say that they "took measures" to save energy.
I hear at night he moonilights as a streetlamp inspector.