How did such an ignorant statement get modded insightful? What did you do, make the post then log in with a different name and mod yourself?
Even during a total eclipse, tha moon is not totally dark. Sunlight gets refracted towards the moon through the Earth's atmosphere. A mountain peak at the Moon's pole could indeed be in eternal light.
One thing that really irks me is people that base the validity of a statement on their personal assumptions. In the words of Adam Savage of Mythbusters: "I reject your reality and substitute my own."
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I've resurrected dead computers and been accused of voodoo
but what these people are doing is not recycling. What they are doing is delaying the inevitable. Removing old inner tubes and tires and ink cartridges from landfills and dumps reduces the volume of trash for now. When the tote bags and rubber sidewalks wear out and the ink cartridges can no longer be refilled, they will end up in a landfill or garbage dump. When that happens, we will have the same volume of trash as we started with.
Who said anything about brewing the explosive onboard?
From TFA: "Now we have news of the recent, supposedly real-world, terrorist plot to destroy commercial airplanes by smuggling onboard the benign precursors to a deadly explosive, and mixing up a batch of liquid death in the lavatories."
I can understand your idea and agree that there should be some kind of record, but I think that a third party could prove cumbersome and impractical. Perhaps a voice recorder in the vehicle and/or as part of each officer's uniform. Maybe even have it voice activated.
I wasn't intending this to be derogatory towards Skype. You're right that a tool is just a tool, but a tool can be used in ways not intended, such as your example of using a pen to stab me in the eye.
To expand the thought that inspired my original post:
The NSA is making every effort to thwart terrorist activity that could jeopardize this country, and rightly so. To this end they have, from what I hear, monitored phone calls and email messages and sifted through countless calling records looking for patterns that could indicate terrorist activity.
Skype was designed to operate invisibly and be virtually undetectable; the intention being to prevent ISPs and telecoms from blocking it. It could, however, also be used as a "cloaking device" for communications. If this were the case, it would very difficult to examine or analyze the communications and possibly allow subversive activity to carry on with impunity.
after all the wiretaps, phone bugs, analyzing phone records and whatever else the NSA has gone through, they find out the terrorists are using Skype to communicate?
Rather than spreading out and destroying other planets/moons/celestial bodies, how about first learning, as a species, how to preserve the planet we are already on?
And your descendents will destroy other celestial bodies that are out there as well. If we humans destroy this planet, it's what we deserve.
And which office did you say you are running for this year?
Aoccdrnig to rseerach at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
PS: Hwo'd yuo lkie to run tihs by yuor sepll ckehcer?
The point of this is that proficient readers read most words (except very long ones) principally through the first and last letters and a rapid recognition of the general shape and content of the entire word. That's why we typically read misspelled words with no trouble.
We can also easily read both cursive and block writing, different fonts (including fonts we rarely see), and words with mixed capital and small letters. We also easily distinguish between words like eight and sight that have only one subtle spelling difference but are pronounced very differently.
If thay want to put the RFID technology to a good use, why don't they look into shooting them at Al-Qaada (sp?) members from dart firing rifles. Then they could set up a tracking system and follow their every movement.
I agree with that. The suit has nothing to do with classified material, it's about whether or not ATT turned over calling records and whether or not the NSA acted without a warrant.
The only material that would need to be transported is a bona fide warrant from a judge. My guess is that such a warrant doesn't exist and that is the "states secrets" they are wanting to keep.
For a monthly fee, you subscribe to, say, Microsoft Office Online. You can use the word processor, spreadsheet or whatever that is sitting on the server. You can save your files locally or online.
The files you save online, you could access from any location and any computer with internet access. You wouldn't be constantly installing patches or updates or have to buy a newer version periodically.
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Or you just happy to see me?
How did such an ignorant statement get modded insightful?
What did you do, make the post then log in with a different name and mod yourself?
Even during a total eclipse, tha moon is not totally dark. Sunlight gets refracted towards the moon through the Earth's atmosphere. A mountain peak at the Moon's pole could indeed be in eternal light.
One thing that really irks me is people that base the validity of a statement on their personal assumptions. In the words of Adam Savage of Mythbusters: "I reject your reality and substitute my own."
I've resurrected dead computers and been accused of voodoo
but what these people are doing is not recycling. What they are doing is delaying the inevitable. Removing old inner tubes and tires and ink cartridges from landfills and dumps reduces the volume of trash for now. When the tote bags and rubber sidewalks wear out and the ink cartridges can no longer be refilled, they will end up in a landfill or garbage dump. When that happens, we will have the same volume of trash as we started with.
Do you really think a man like Bush has the intellect to decieve an entire nation?
I think that he not only has the intellect , but also the influence that enables him to do so. I also think that he has already demonstrated this.
Who said anything about brewing the explosive onboard?
From TFA: "Now we have news of the recent, supposedly real-world, terrorist plot to destroy commercial airplanes by smuggling onboard the benign precursors to a deadly explosive, and mixing up a batch of liquid death in the lavatories."
I can understand your idea and agree that there should be some kind of record, but I think that a third party could prove cumbersome and impractical. Perhaps a voice recorder in the vehicle and/or as part of each officer's uniform. Maybe even have it voice activated.
I believe that it was Bill Gates that once said that 640K of hard drive space was more than anyone would ever need.
Funny thing... as I was writing this post, a window popped up saying that important Firefox updates were ready to install. Kinda made me hesitate :)
Reading these posts just now, I had the strangest feeling I had done this before.
Yea... just look at all the knowledge Christians gathered in the B.C. era
no, that just makes you older than dirt
And this is proof
I wasn't intending this to be derogatory towards Skype. You're right that a tool is just a tool, but a tool can be used in ways not intended, such as your example of using a pen to stab me in the eye.
To expand the thought that inspired my original post:
The NSA is making every effort to thwart terrorist activity that could jeopardize this country, and rightly so. To this end they have, from what I hear, monitored phone calls and email messages and sifted through countless calling records looking for patterns that could indicate terrorist activity.
Skype was designed to operate invisibly and be virtually undetectable; the intention being to prevent ISPs and telecoms from blocking it. It could, however, also be used as a "cloaking device" for communications. If this were the case, it would very difficult to examine or analyze the communications and possibly allow subversive activity to carry on with impunity.
after all the wiretaps, phone bugs, analyzing phone records and whatever else the NSA has gone through, they find out the terrorists are using Skype to communicate?
...and that's why all our $1 coins have been sent to Canada
Rather than spreading out and destroying other planets/moons/celestial bodies, how about first learning, as a species, how to preserve the planet we are already on?
And your descendents will destroy other celestial bodies that are out there as well. If we humans destroy this planet, it's what we deserve.
And which office did you say you are running for this year?
Aoccdrnig to rseerach at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
PS: Hwo'd yuo lkie to run tihs by yuor sepll ckehcer?
The point of this is that proficient readers read most words (except very long ones) principally through the first and last letters and a rapid recognition of the general shape and content of the entire word. That's why we typically read misspelled words with no trouble.
We can also easily read both cursive and block writing, different fonts (including fonts we rarely see), and words with mixed capital and small letters. We also easily distinguish between words like eight and sight that have only one subtle spelling difference but are pronounced very differently.
If thay want to put the RFID technology to a good use, why don't they look into shooting them at Al-Qaada (sp?) members from dart firing rifles.
Then they could set up a tracking system and follow their every movement.
Holy Crap! I hadn't thought of that.
Now terrorists will be eating immigrants to get their ID chips.
I agree with that. The suit has nothing to do with classified material, it's about whether or not ATT turned over calling records and whether or not the NSA acted without a warrant.
The only material that would need to be transported is a bona fide warrant from a judge. My guess is that such a warrant doesn't exist and that is the "states secrets" they are wanting to keep.
I'm sorry...I misread the subject line.
I thought you were referring to yourself as a "Working Clippy"
How about this scenario:
For a monthly fee, you subscribe to, say, Microsoft Office Online. You can use the word processor, spreadsheet or whatever that is sitting on the server. You can save your files locally or online.
The files you save online, you could access from any location and any computer with internet access.
You wouldn't be constantly installing patches or updates or have to buy a newer version periodically.
Then how else would software be a service?
You certainly wouldn't go to the local video store and rent windows to install on your computer.
I wonder how many will end up as orbital roadkill.
Maybe there should be a sign that says "Picosat Crossing".