http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics - DNA is big, some genes can be turned on, others can be turned off by stressors that affect the parents even in their youth.
Dear Senator Klobuchar,
Please feel free to explain to me how Senate Bill 978, protects the American middle class.
Oh wait. It doesn't. It protects 1 tenth of 1 percent of the richest people in America. Thank you. I'm sure that they need that protection. I'm sure that little kids posting videos of themselves lip-syncing their favorite songs need to worry about infringing copyright. I'm sure that kids practicing songs with their band in their garage need to count the number of friends that they have listening to make sure that not more than TEN people are listening.
"BUT OH, it's not meant to go after people like that," I'm sure is your likely response. WELL RIGHT THE BILL THAT WAY!
Let the American people know that you are not the lackey of big business. Copy right law is outdated and draconian as it is and here you are proposing a Bill that makes it Orwellian! Why not label copy right infringers "enemy combatants" and throw them in Gitmo?
Your website has all of these little feel good snippets about Americans, veterans, seniors, reducing the size of government, cutting through red tape. But yet, here you are introducing MORE RED TAPE!! More government and harsher penalties on laws that are meant to protect the RICH.
Again, please feel free to explain to me, to us, to America WHO exactly this Bill is designed to help.
What if this was a reporter who happened to witness the same scenario and they had their camera guy there? Would they also be charged with this bullshit?
What if we all downloaded proxy programs that allowed others to use our internet connection like with P2P software? I would have 20 or so people browsing on my internet connection but my internet connection could be spread out over another 20 people's networks and so on. It would really screw up the goverment's ability to see who's browsing what. Granted, some type of illegal sites would have to be blocked so you don't get blamed for your neightbor's bad habits and you could turn off the program when you needed the full pipe like when gaming.
If this kid had called in a fake crime at someone's house and then the SWAT comes in guns blazing and killed someone, who'd be responsible?
Years ago a friend's stepdad was killed in Kansas City. The cops followed his stepdaughter (my friend) home from a party where drugs were present. An hour after she went home the cops busted into her house with flashlights and guns. Their uniforms were black. Well, the step-dad hears the ruckus and comes out with his handgun that he kept near to his bed. Without warning the police shot and killed him. AND, there were no drugs in the house and my friend had LEFT the party because drugs had been present. The cops busted into their house for NO legitimate reason. The family won a large lawsuit against the city and the police department for a wrongful death.
What if something similar to this happened after the blind kid called the SWAT in on somebody? I'd sue the crap out of this kid's family, their cousins, their cousin's cousins and anyone else whose name I had. I'd sue the folks that make the technology that allow 'spoofing' of the calls origin. I've read about phreaking and it could be stopped instantly if telecos went all digital.
This kid should have the privilege of prison cell for a few years.
Did no one in our government really understand what they were trying to do with this project? They created a 28 mile stretch of a VIRTUAL "fence" for millions and millions of dollars.... that is just freaking insane!
They are trying to reinvent the wheel and develop software for a faulty project. All they needed to do was install a few hundred motion detecting cameras and coordinate that with a dispatch center. Instead, they try to incorporate radar, spy cameras, new software and untested software at that. No wonder it failed. Why didn't they just talk to the British? They've been spying on their citizens locally for years...we could have just borrowed their technology and saved a few million dollars.
Remember when DELL said they'd create the first sub-$1000 PC and people just laughed at them? I never understand why people pay $2000 for a LAPTOP that can so easily be stolen, dropped or damaged. $200 for a email machine is more of the price range that they should be in.
So in your analogy, is a blackhole like a drain at the bottom of the pool? Gravity so strong that even the "water" (dark matter) gets sucked in as well?
What if it isn't dark matter at all? But the Universe actually bending? I read a description of the universe expanding like a snail building its shell... it doesn't expand in all directions infinitely but instead curls on itself like a snail shell.
I know the last comparison was a bit over the top, but teenagers won't just accept a webfilter, they'll find a way around it and try (and usually succeed) not to get caught, just as they would in real life when faced with any form of restrictions, no matter how sensible they are. Webfilters don't work. Any kid with any computer sense can get around them. BUT, big but here, activity loggers work great. http://www.softactivity.com/spy-software.asp . I've used this one and I am not a computer genius but I can install OSs and trouble shoot 99% of the computer problems I have myself, and I COULDN'T get around all of the security measures this software provides. I think it was like 50 bucks.
It can take screenshots as often as you like, runs quietly in the background and logs EVERYTHING that is done on the computer. My GF used it on me after she found some suspicious websites in my browser history.;-)
But, it also has kept her 11 year daughter from getting into trouble on the internet as well. Once she knew that software was on there the videos she looked up on youtube suddenly became a lot more innocent.
So it may not be easy or free but something like this has gone a long way in protecting our little family unit from the evils of the interweb.
If George W. Bush suspends the elections or suspends Congress I will march to DC with millions of other Americans as we personally remove the sonofabiznitch from office.
How does one tell if they are rootkitted? I have the latest patches and updates to my anti-virus, firewall and anti-spyware software but none of them mention anything about rootkits...
Another thing that worries me is my software is all free! Comodo for my firewall, Avast for my anti-virus and Adaware for my anti-spyware...is the free software much worse than the stuff you have to payout for?
I like this new meme. First one that has made me laugh for a while.
On a related note, does this mean that with my FiOS broadband (if I had it - *wishes*) could I continously upload gigs and gigs to their servers? I really think Yahoo has bitten off a little more than they can chew.
Picard: Mr Warf, raise shields!!
Warf: Captain, shields are not responding, a patent troll seems to have infested the system.
Picard: Well, I'll be in the captain's room, changing my shorts.
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Something akin to this was started in Utah.... UTOPIA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Telecommunication_Open_Infrastructure_Agency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics - DNA is big, some genes can be turned on, others can be turned off by stressors that affect the parents even in their youth.
Already done, my friend: http://klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm?contactForm=emailamy&submit=Go
Dear Senator Klobuchar, Please feel free to explain to me how Senate Bill 978, protects the American middle class. Oh wait. It doesn't. It protects 1 tenth of 1 percent of the richest people in America. Thank you. I'm sure that they need that protection. I'm sure that little kids posting videos of themselves lip-syncing their favorite songs need to worry about infringing copyright. I'm sure that kids practicing songs with their band in their garage need to count the number of friends that they have listening to make sure that not more than TEN people are listening. "BUT OH, it's not meant to go after people like that," I'm sure is your likely response. WELL RIGHT THE BILL THAT WAY! Let the American people know that you are not the lackey of big business. Copy right law is outdated and draconian as it is and here you are proposing a Bill that makes it Orwellian! Why not label copy right infringers "enemy combatants" and throw them in Gitmo? Your website has all of these little feel good snippets about Americans, veterans, seniors, reducing the size of government, cutting through red tape. But yet, here you are introducing MORE RED TAPE!! More government and harsher penalties on laws that are meant to protect the RICH. Again, please feel free to explain to me, to us, to America WHO exactly this Bill is designed to help.
What if this was a reporter who happened to witness the same scenario and they had their camera guy there? Would they also be charged with this bullshit?
Mine too...running Nero 4.1 on it and works pretty damn well...better battery life as well....I have no gripes....Screw Samsung and Tmobile both.
I can't wait either. That game was truly epic. Too bad the expansion sucked so bad. I hope the sequel has a good story and is well told.
Mr. T? I mean, now we'll really be able to tell if he is a Night Elf Mohawk or not!
What if we all downloaded proxy programs that allowed others to use our internet connection like with P2P software? I would have 20 or so people browsing on my internet connection but my internet connection could be spread out over another 20 people's networks and so on. It would really screw up the goverment's ability to see who's browsing what. Granted, some type of illegal sites would have to be blocked so you don't get blamed for your neightbor's bad habits and you could turn off the program when you needed the full pipe like when gaming.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6092712.html
The woman is an absolute wack-job!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Dunbar
Years ago a friend's stepdad was killed in Kansas City. The cops followed his stepdaughter (my friend) home from a party where drugs were present. An hour after she went home the cops busted into her house with flashlights and guns. Their uniforms were black. Well, the step-dad hears the ruckus and comes out with his handgun that he kept near to his bed. Without warning the police shot and killed him. AND, there were no drugs in the house and my friend had LEFT the party because drugs had been present. The cops busted into their house for NO legitimate reason. The family won a large lawsuit against the city and the police department for a wrongful death.
What if something similar to this happened after the blind kid called the SWAT in on somebody? I'd sue the crap out of this kid's family, their cousins, their cousin's cousins and anyone else whose name I had. I'd sue the folks that make the technology that allow 'spoofing' of the calls origin. I've read about phreaking and it could be stopped instantly if telecos went all digital.
This kid should have the privilege of prison cell for a few years.
They are trying to reinvent the wheel and develop software for a faulty project. All they needed to do was install a few hundred motion detecting cameras and coordinate that with a dispatch center. Instead, they try to incorporate radar, spy cameras, new software and untested software at that. No wonder it failed. Why didn't they just talk to the British? They've been spying on their citizens locally for years...we could have just borrowed their technology and saved a few million dollars.
Remember when DELL said they'd create the first sub-$1000 PC and people just laughed at them? I never understand why people pay $2000 for a LAPTOP that can so easily be stolen, dropped or damaged. $200 for a email machine is more of the price range that they should be in.
So in your analogy, is a blackhole like a drain at the bottom of the pool? Gravity so strong that even the "water" (dark matter) gets sucked in as well?
Invisible sheetz of drk matterz
What if it isn't dark matter at all? But the Universe actually bending? I read a description of the universe expanding like a snail building its shell... it doesn't expand in all directions infinitely but instead curls on itself like a snail shell.
"Your father was a hampster and your mother smelled like burnt gunpowder"
It can take screenshots as often as you like, runs quietly in the background and logs EVERYTHING that is done on the computer. My GF used it on me after she found some suspicious websites in my browser history. ;-)
But, it also has kept her 11 year daughter from getting into trouble on the internet as well. Once she knew that software was on there the videos she looked up on youtube suddenly became a lot more innocent.
So it may not be easy or free but something like this has gone a long way in protecting our little family unit from the evils of the interweb.
The CORE is 6000.... errr.... 12,000 light years thick. The disk, is only 1000 light years thick.
Meet the new boss, just like the old boss.
I swear that the most boring slashdot articles have the funniest comments....
If George W. Bush suspends the elections or suspends Congress I will march to DC with millions of other Americans as we personally remove the sonofabiznitch from office.
How does one tell if they are rootkitted? I have the latest patches and updates to my anti-virus, firewall and anti-spyware software but none of them mention anything about rootkits... Another thing that worries me is my software is all free! Comodo for my firewall, Avast for my anti-virus and Adaware for my anti-spyware...is the free software much worse than the stuff you have to payout for?
On a related note, does this mean that with my FiOS broadband (if I had it - *wishes*) could I continously upload gigs and gigs to their servers? I really think Yahoo has bitten off a little more than they can chew.
Picard: Mr Warf, raise shields!!
Warf: Captain, shields are not responding, a patent troll seems to have infested the system.
Picard: Well, I'll be in the captain's room, changing my shorts.