This to me is the one of the saddest things about voting in America today, that legitimate candidates aren't even included on the ballot simply because they're not Republocrats.
IANAL but from what I remember from from business law classes in school, contract law says something to the effect that: Any contract or promise contrary to the law is null and void.
You can't have a binding contract to do something illegal (as part of the contract)
Despite being a convicted felon, he is not required to drop out of the race or resign from the Senate. If he wins re-election, he can continue to hold his seat because there is no rule barring felons from serving in Congress. The Senate could vote to expel Stevens on a two-thirds vote. Article here
WTF?!?! Seriously?
From same article, when asked about stepping down: "Put this down: That will never happen - ever, OK?" Stevens said in the weeks leading up to his trial. "I am not stepping down. I'm going to run through and I'm going to win this election.
What an absolutely arrogant bastard! It's good to know what the rule of law really means to the men in charge of this country.
From reading TFA, the researchers have seen that different bases will fluoresce different lengths of time when they shoot a laser at them. I can see where it might help with sequencing (as is mentioned in TFA) by recognizing the presumably fast glow pattern, but anything beyond that is plain wishful thinking on the part of the writer.
One might also envisage linking the photophysical properties to genetic characteristics. When these mechanisms are better understood, it might in the long term become possible to repair gene mutations using laser radiation.
I can imagine breeding flying pigs too, but I don't see it happening anytime soon either.
Looking at brain scans they were able to predict which hand would be used? No kidding. Last time I checked, every time we move a muscle something (the brain/spinal cord in case of reflex) has to tell the muscle to move and would amazingly show up on their nifty scan.
If music, etc is "tangible property" now, does that mean we get the same kind of fair use we expect from the other kinds of "tangible property" we own?
Wasn't there a "problem" with the software for the recently added Dextre also? Where it just wouldn't turn on?
By the time multi-million dollar pieces of equipment get into space, I expect software issues should be already forseen and taken care of. Yeah I know, tight schedules, pressure from above... Vibration, overheating, and other "environmental" causes should be the only real obstacles NASA should be facing once they're off the ground.
Actually, my parents took a whole set of steak knives on a plane because they had gotten them as a wedding present. (This is 20+ years ago) They just got waved through, knives and all.
More and more, corporate America has been ready and willing to screw over the "consumer" in order to make more money. The media industry's stranglehold on their particular market is a stockholder's dream come true.
As long as people are willing to shell out the $$ for the crap they keep shoveling out, not much is going to change.
At some point all you bigwigs up in the nice cushy offices need to realize that this business model has some PR issues:
1. Fill Albums with crap music.
2. Tell customers to bend over.
3. ???????
4. Profit!!!
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Maybe /. can get together and buy you a ticket to Pamplona next year then.
This to me is the one of the saddest things about voting in America today, that legitimate candidates aren't even included on the ballot simply because they're not Republocrats.
I'll spoil the election for you: McCain wins.
I think we lose regardless of whichever of the two wins. (It would take a miracle for any of the 3rd party ones to win.)
IANAL but from what I remember from from business law classes in school, contract law says something to the effect that: Any contract or promise contrary to the law is null and void.
You can't have a binding contract to do something illegal (as part of the contract)
Despite being a convicted felon, he is not required to drop out of the race or resign from the Senate. If he wins re-election, he can continue to hold his seat because there is no rule barring felons from serving in Congress. The Senate could vote to expel Stevens on a two-thirds vote. Article here
WTF?!?! Seriously?
From same article, when asked about stepping down: "Put this down: That will never happen - ever, OK?" Stevens said in the weeks leading up to his trial. "I am not stepping down. I'm going to run through and I'm going to win this election.
What an absolutely arrogant bastard! It's good to know what the rule of law really means to the men in charge of this country.
How many times have you seen terrorists blowing up train tracks with RPGs in the U.S. or Europe lately?
Anyone else read that as "Magic Levitating Trains" ?
Glad i'm not the only one going crazy and read it that way. Is it the weekend yet?
From reading TFA, the researchers have seen that different bases will fluoresce different lengths of time when they shoot a laser at them. I can see where it might help with sequencing (as is mentioned in TFA) by recognizing the presumably fast glow pattern, but anything beyond that is plain wishful thinking on the part of the writer.
One might also envisage linking the photophysical properties to genetic characteristics. When these mechanisms are better understood, it might in the long term become possible to repair gene mutations using laser radiation.
I can imagine breeding flying pigs too, but I don't see it happening anytime soon either.
A bigger problem with spammers perjuring in court...is getting the spammers in court in the first place.
If you were writing this and something happened. Why did you wast time to hit the submit button?
maybe he was dictating?
I wouldn't exactly call your business "small", Mr Ballmer! ;)
Actually flying chairs are still very much a niche market I'm afraid.
From reading TFA (I know, silly me) this seems to be pretty much fear-mongering with a fancy new buzzword. "Clickjacking" oooo scary!
Until some real technical details come up I'd say nothing to see here, move along.
Go get em' Ray!!
Looking at brain scans they were able to predict which hand would be used? No kidding. Last time I checked, every time we move a muscle something (the brain/spinal cord in case of reflex) has to tell the muscle to move and would amazingly show up on their nifty scan.
If music, etc is "tangible property" now, does that mean we get the same kind of fair use we expect from the other kinds of "tangible property" we own?
Wasn't there a "problem" with the software for the recently added Dextre also? Where it just wouldn't turn on?
By the time multi-million dollar pieces of equipment get into space, I expect software issues should be already forseen and taken care of. Yeah I know, tight schedules, pressure from above... Vibration, overheating, and other "environmental" causes should be the only real obstacles NASA should be facing once they're off the ground.
Have you listened to some of the crap they're selling these days? Just imagine being trapped in a room with some of that playing non-stop.
I'm not afraid!
You will be. You will be.
Actually, my parents took a whole set of steak knives on a plane because they had gotten them as a wedding present. (This is 20+ years ago) They just got waved through, knives and all.
How the times have changed...
More and more, corporate America has been ready and willing to screw over the "consumer" in order to make more money. The media industry's stranglehold on their particular market is a stockholder's dream come true.
As long as people are willing to shell out the $$ for the crap they keep shoveling out, not much is going to change.
Cellophane gas mask obviously...
The reasons? 'Apple has Microsoft Office, Linux doesn't
...leading the charge to annoy another whole segment of users.
Opinions are safe.
You must be new here...
...about the same time Blizzard gives up on WoW.
At some point all you bigwigs up in the nice cushy offices need to realize that this business model has some PR issues: 1. Fill Albums with crap music. 2. Tell customers to bend over. 3. ??????? 4. Profit!!!
It orbits a companion star in the spiral galaxy Messier 33
It's not messy, it's got a lived-in, homey feel to it you insensitive clod!!!