Hell, Vincent van Gogh cut off a chunk of his ear...
I forgot where I read it, but one version is that Gauguin cut Van Gogh's ear off during an absinthe inspired knife fight, and, making the best of a bad situation, Van Gogh tried to use the recently detached ear as a prop to get laid. Art dealers tend to dismiss this version of events, though, as people would rather buy from an artist that is/was a hopeless romantic rather than an artist who is/was a lousy knife-fighter.
Oh, that could be misused. If their workcenter is referred to as "the pit", I foresee pilot-wannabees going to the local bars complaining a little too loudly that they just spent eight rough hours in the "COC-pit."
The US government has defended the UK against the Nazis and Communists and defended Taiwan against the crypto fascist Chinese 'Communists'. Plus the've helped the world resist Islamofascism. I'm not going to say that they always did the optimal thing, but I do think that they acted mostly in good faith and mostly backed the right side. In fact I'm seriously considering moving to the US at some point. I think it's frankly bizarre that some US citizens don't see this, given that US foreign policy is decided democratically and therefore partly by them. Maybe those US citizens would be happier somewhere else;-)
The U.S. is a republic - the population votes for someone to represent them in foreign policy formulation. After the election is decided and the policy is formulated, the opposing party spends its time telling the voting public why they made the wrong decision, how terrible the consequences have become, and that they will do it differently if elected
Actually, this has next to nothing to do with this or any Administration unilaterally ignoring WTO rulings. The issues raised in the article have to do with laws passed by the Congress of the United States. Without the Congress of the United States repealing those laws, the current (or indeed, any future) Administration has no power to do anything about these WTO rulings.
True, but if you look at it that way, the justification for flaming the U.S. and/or Bush is diminished, and the ignorant masses won't be able to gain as much self esteem by insulting the U.S. or Bush.
I was expecting an IT department joke, saying something along the lines of the contractors beating the IT students and faculty at being the first to hack their cyclotron.
Or maybe a force joke, talking about how a portion of its magnet would be an attractive momento.
Maybe the US would have been screwed anyway, but it's now $3 trillion more screwed than it would have been without the war. That's $10,000 per person -- a significant amount of extra screwing, I'd say.
Just twice, if you are the (now former) governor of New York.
I think there is just more matter than anti-matter; the positive and negative charge pretty much balance. I think that means that I could be carrying a slight negative charge at the moment, but since I'm not a physicist, I'm not positive. (okay, that was weak...)
Without this "flaw" matter and anti-matter would have cancelled out almost perfectly early on in the Big Bang leaving nowhere near enough matter (or anti-matter) to form galaxies or stars. So this "flaw" is what allows us to exist. I would not call it a flaw, but rather a design feature.
Tapping phones without a warrant is obviously illegal (the except is FISA where you can apply for a warrant after the fact up to 72 hours). These companies are subject to these requests all the time, they know what the requirements are for legal wiretapping, do you honestly think they had no idea that a warrantless wiretapping program would be on shaky ground? I don't think the companies equated shaky ground (waiting for the legislation to make it legal,) with nearly illegal. I'm not saying this oversight was a good idea, just that one shouldn't attribute to malice that which would probably be better attributed to ignorance, and if we set a precident for prosecuting ignorance, the courts will be backed up for eons.
I believe that most would assume that when the government asks something that isn't obviously illegal, one would reasonably assume that act to be protected. Sort of like the U.S. military - members are expected to follow orders unless obviously unlawful, and in return, are not prosecuted for following orders.
Whether or not I agree with the wiretaps, the idea of NOT granting immunity to those who cooperated with the government sets a bad precedent, undermining the credibility of the U.S. government. It doesn't favor any political party or the country in the long run.
They'll never be able to match free. This actually seems like a modern, cost effective and fair distribution model to me. Out of curiosity, what about it doesn't meet that criteria?
I never download music (unless you consider internet streams that mirror broadcasts, and those aren't saved); - I actually buy the CDs that the streams and radio broadcasts show are worth listening to. This proposal would make me pay twice for music that I buy, thus it is not fair to me.
Other businesses have risks, yet the government does not step in and mandate fees for potential unauthorized distribution channels. Thus it is not fair to other businesses.
If independent distributors are not part of the appropriate organizations, they will not get a cut, so it is not fair to them.
There's a strong social obligation to love sex, just like there's a strong social obligation to hate work. A lot of people love their work and couldn't be bothered wasting their time on mating rituals.. then all the brainless breeders call them "losers" because they've made two choices that fly in the face of social pressure.
NASA has several grants for COTS technologies planned in this area. The one discussed in the article is the least specific, or the "General Grant". There is another payload specific version ("Carry Grant"), the supporting technologies version ("Foster Grant"), a southwestern cuisine delivery version ("Flay Grant"), a version to improve color definition in delivery vehicle cameras ("Hue Grant"), and probably many others.
The one time I don't have mod points thrust upon me...
There really is no best way to die, just a good way to prepare for death. My father was diagnosed with inoperable cancer, and given two months to live. His last time alive was spent preparing everyone for his death, which happened a month later. He didn't spend his time doing things that others may have thought would have been good things to experience in ones life, he spent it making things easier for the living.
Fatally crashing unexpectedly removes that opportunity.
They are concerned with the main group of astronauts, that is, the core of the corps. The periphery of the corps (those who are astronauts but won't be on the long mission) can be type A, "I-win-at-any-cost" types, but the core of the corps cannot be that way, lest a personality conflict results in one or more of the core of the corps returning to Earth as a corpse.
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I forgot where I read it, but one version is that Gauguin cut Van Gogh's ear off during an absinthe inspired knife fight, and, making the best of a bad situation, Van Gogh tried to use the recently detached ear as a prop to get laid. Art dealers tend to dismiss this version of events, though, as people would rather buy from an artist that is/was a hopeless romantic rather than an artist who is/was a lousy knife-fighter.
Oh, that could be misused. If their workcenter is referred to as "the pit", I foresee pilot-wannabees going to the local bars complaining a little too loudly that they just spent eight rough hours in the "COC-pit."
More like Vista Eee
The U.S. is a republic - the population votes for someone to represent them in foreign policy formulation. After the election is decided and the policy is formulated, the opposing party spends its time telling the voting public why they made the wrong decision, how terrible the consequences have become, and that they will do it differently if elected
True, but if you look at it that way, the justification for flaming the U.S. and/or Bush is diminished, and the ignorant masses won't be able to gain as much self esteem by insulting the U.S. or Bush.
I was expecting an IT department joke, saying something along the lines of the contractors beating the IT students and faculty at being the first to hack their cyclotron.
Or maybe a force joke, talking about how a portion of its magnet would be an attractive momento.
Just twice, if you are the (now former) governor of New York.
I think there is just more matter than anti-matter; the positive and negative charge pretty much balance. I think that means that I could be carrying a slight negative charge at the moment, but since I'm not a physicist, I'm not positive. (okay, that was weak...)
Microsoft Physics?
(sorry, couldn't pass that one up.)
Nope, failed miserably. No matter how badly you disagree with Bush's policies and actions, he doesn't compare to the Nazis.
I was SURE I put the end blockquote after the question mark. Bummer on the error.
I believe that most would assume that when the government asks something that isn't obviously illegal, one would reasonably assume that act to be protected. Sort of like the U.S. military - members are expected to follow orders unless obviously unlawful, and in return, are not prosecuted for following orders.
Whether or not I agree with the wiretaps, the idea of NOT granting immunity to those who cooperated with the government sets a bad precedent, undermining the credibility of the U.S. government. It doesn't favor any political party or the country in the long run.
I never download music (unless you consider internet streams that mirror broadcasts, and those aren't saved); - I actually buy the CDs that the streams and radio broadcasts show are worth listening to. This proposal would make me pay twice for music that I buy, thus it is not fair to me.
Other businesses have risks, yet the government does not step in and mandate fees for potential unauthorized distribution channels. Thus it is not fair to other businesses.
If independent distributors are not part of the appropriate organizations, they will not get a cut, so it is not fair to them.
So the recorder does not record much data from after the crash over data from before the crash.
Like they really had a choice...
NASA has several grants for COTS technologies planned in this area. The one discussed in the article is the least specific, or the "General Grant". There is another payload specific version ("Carry Grant"), the supporting technologies version ("Foster Grant"), a southwestern cuisine delivery version ("Flay Grant"), a version to improve color definition in delivery vehicle cameras ("Hue Grant"), and probably many others.
Okay, I'll stop for now.
The one time I don't have mod points thrust upon me...
There really is no best way to die, just a good way to prepare for death. My father was diagnosed with inoperable cancer, and given two months to live. His last time alive was spent preparing everyone for his death, which happened a month later. He didn't spend his time doing things that others may have thought would have been good things to experience in ones life, he spent it making things easier for the living.
Fatally crashing unexpectedly removes that opportunity.
They are concerned with the main group of astronauts, that is, the core of the corps. The periphery of the corps (those who are astronauts but won't be on the long mission) can be type A, "I-win-at-any-cost" types, but the core of the corps cannot be that way, lest a personality conflict results in one or more of the core of the corps returning to Earth as a corpse.
I think the amphibs are still steam turbine, as well as the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63).
You win - I've been "one-upped"