It's arrogant to assume that we know much of anything at all, compared to what there is to know. But the fact remains that we do NOT know that life can existe without water, but we DO know that life on earth cannot.
"Lifestyle" is linked to uncyclopedia's entry on "your mom", making an obvious joke to anyone who's read HHGTTG (which is mentioned in the second sentence). Now, if a small snippet of a song infringes Sony-BMG's copyright on its rootkit-infested garbage, then I just infringed on the late Mr. Adams' copyright. How is that different from a small snippet of a file, except that what I wrote is readable and recognizable but a small piece of a torrent probably isn't??
Plus, when I'm trying to download the.shn file of The Station's live performance of The Fog (written and performed by them) using bittorrent rather than the slower DL from archive.org, how would I know that I didn't download Radiohead's completely different song of the same name? How do I know Madonna didn't record a song named "The Fog"?
I've never once heard a Madonna song that didn't make me change the station. There's no possoble way her label could lose a sale to me. However, should I download a Madonna song by accident and like it (not likely but possible) they may well gain a sale. But Madonna isn't the one they want to keep out of your ears, it's the indies that Sony doesn' want you to hear.
Sorry Mr AC, but in the US downloading MP3s is legal. Distributin copyrighted works without the copyright holder's permission isn't legal, but downloading anything except child pornography is legal.
The FBI may or may not come after you for uploading, but they will NOT come after you for downloading.
That's so. However, we do know that all KNOWN life is water based, and all KNOWN life is on earth. There is proof of water based life. There is no proof that non-water based life is even possible.
can you tell me what sort of government regulation (short of outright nationalization) would have prevented the loss of manufacturing jobs to other countries?
Sure. You could remove all tax breaks from any company building plants elsewhere. You can lay tarriffs. You can pass laws preventing non-citizens from owning all or part of any US business. You can use the "bully pulpit" to name and try and shame owners of companies that move factories overseas.
There is even more that could be done, given the will.
Of course, to do this you would have to have not sold the US government to business interests in the first place, and you would have to tear down the US's national religion (worship of money).
Water is the most important thing needed for life. The hard part of life isn't explaining how water forms, but how inantimate, dead chemicals can become alive. As far as we know so far, life has never arisen anywhere but here, although despite any lack of proof it's assumed that we are not alone.
Why should the government pay for ANY health care?
Why should the government build roads? Why should there be taxpayer funded public schools? Because the Constitution says "to promote the generalk welfare".
Why not have house care? Why not clothing care? Why not shoe care? Why not hair care?
Because lack of shoe care doens't cause death and misery. You know, that was the absolutely dumbest thing I've seen written down in a long, long time. I'd try to explain it to you but I don't know how to explain something that complex to a nine year old.
Not only that, but my TV set is analog and has 512 scan lines. Guess what? The resolution on this monitor doesn't need to be any higher.
If your web page has a lot of white space on the sides, or if it has horizontal scroll bars at any resolution, your site sucks and everybody but you knows it. Deal with the fact that people go to your site and instantly know that it was constructed by an incompetent coder.
Sam Brownback doesn't exist. If he did, there would be an uncyclopedia article about him.
Oh wait, he does exist, here is the entry on the honorable Senator Browbakc from Kansas
Approved by the Kansas State Board of Education. This page meets all criteria and requirements for use as teaching material within the State of Kansas public school system. It consists of facts, not of theories, and students are encouraged to believe it uncritically, and to approach alternatives critically.
"Kansas. All it is is dust in the wind." ~ Oscar Wilde on Kansas
In 1865 it was discovered that there was in fact, a single hill in the entire state. The legislature determined that this hill (for reasons unknown but entirely unrelated to altitude referred to as Mount Oread) was the ideal location to send its best and brightest, and founded the University of Kansas on the hill. The primary subjects taught were post-hole digging, wheat planting, and the concept of the "hill," previously unfamiliar to most Kansans. It is said that the original building on campus was blown down seven times before designers realized that the wind from the west came straight from the Rocky Mountains without any obstructions. Their response was to built a concrete monstrosity, known as Wescoe Hall. The building stood for 120 years before sliding down the hill and collapsing, killing seventy cattle and one freshman philosophy major. This disaster (the hall, not the collapse) spurred the creation of a School of Architecture at the University. The university mascot is the Jayhawk, a bird native to Kansas that inexplicably killed hundreds of people in neighboring Missouri during the American Civil War.
"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." ~ Dorothy on noticing a school teaching actual science
Unless it's privately onwed (and I don't know if it is or not) it's not an American company, it's an international company. If a single foreigner owns a single share of stock, it's a multinational corporation and has no right to call itself an "American" company.
Lots of questions, no answers. How ar ethese "US Hotels"? They're on the other side of the globe from the US!
I wish we were as intolerant of the multinational corporations as the Chineese. But then again, Sony and BP and the like all run the US's goivernment anyway, so it's not surprising.
But I wish we, the people still had control of our government. I'd sutre like to see more factories here.
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Only if you're female.
I didn't say that non-water based life was impossible, I said none is known.
The psycho bitch from hell. She cared for me after my vitrectomy. She's very short and very fat.
You, sir, are a very big contributor to global warming and the price of fuel. I sincerely hope you're not driving an Escalade.
She's 42 and I'm not dating her, she lives with me while her 28 year old alien husband is in Basic Training for the National Guard.
I see you haven't been reading my journals.
It's arrogant to assume that we know much of anything at all, compared to what there is to know. But the fact remains that we do NOT know that life can existe without water, but we DO know that life on earth cannot.
Check out Lifestyles of the Poor and Obscure's first sentence. "I seem to be having tremendous difficulties with my lifestyle."
.shn file of The Station's live performance of The Fog (written and performed by them) using bittorrent rather than the slower DL from archive.org, how would I know that I didn't download Radiohead's completely different song of the same name? How do I know Madonna didn't record a song named "The Fog"?
"Lifestyle" is linked to uncyclopedia's entry on "your mom", making an obvious joke to anyone who's read HHGTTG (which is mentioned in the second sentence). Now, if a small snippet of a song infringes Sony-BMG's copyright on its rootkit-infested garbage, then I just infringed on the late Mr. Adams' copyright. How is that different from a small snippet of a file, except that what I wrote is readable and recognizable but a small piece of a torrent probably isn't??
Plus, when I'm trying to download the
I've never once heard a Madonna song that didn't make me change the station. There's no possoble way her label could lose a sale to me. However, should I download a Madonna song by accident and like it (not likely but possible) they may well gain a sale. But Madonna isn't the one they want to keep out of your ears, it's the indies that Sony doesn' want you to hear.
The bank one should change their name to "Orien's Moneybelt".
If you can't afford a $100,000 car you can't afford solar panels and wind turbines.
Oddly? You must ne new here!
I have friends in St Louis, 100 miles from here, and often make the hour and a half trip down there to visit.
I wouldn't call that "short range". Seldom do I travel any farther.
I'd like an "off" switch for the air bags. Tami's under five feet tall, which makes air bags dangerous and even deadly for her.
The masses can't afford a $100,000 car like you and Mr gates can.
Sorry Mr AC, but in the US downloading MP3s is legal. Distributin copyrighted works without the copyright holder's permission isn't legal, but downloading anything except child pornography is legal.
The FBI may or may not come after you for uploading, but they will NOT come after you for downloading.
That's so. However, we do know that all KNOWN life is water based, and all KNOWN life is on earth. There is proof of water based life. There is no proof that non-water based life is even possible.
can you tell me what sort of government regulation (short of outright nationalization) would have prevented the loss of manufacturing jobs to other countries?
Sure. You could remove all tax breaks from any company building plants elsewhere. You can lay tarriffs. You can pass laws preventing non-citizens from owning all or part of any US business. You can use the "bully pulpit" to name and try and shame owners of companies that move factories overseas.
There is even more that could be done, given the will.
Of course, to do this you would have to have not sold the US government to business interests in the first place, and you would have to tear down the US's national religion (worship of money).
AFAIK the US owns no hotels. Some US citizens may have privately owned hotels there but the US does not.
Water is the most important thing needed for life. The hard part of life isn't explaining how water forms, but how inantimate, dead chemicals can become alive. As far as we know so far, life has never arisen anywhere but here, although despite any lack of proof it's assumed that we are not alone.
Why should the government pay for ANY health care?
Why should the government build roads? Why should there be taxpayer funded public schools? Because the Constitution says "to promote the generalk welfare".
Why not have house care? Why not clothing care? Why not shoe care? Why not hair care?
Because lack of shoe care doens't cause death and misery. You know, that was the absolutely dumbest thing I've seen written down in a long, long time. I'd try to explain it to you but I don't know how to explain something that complex to a nine year old.
Not only that, but my TV set is analog and has 512 scan lines. Guess what? The resolution on this monitor doesn't need to be any higher.
If your web page has a lot of white space on the sides, or if it has horizontal scroll bars at any resolution, your site sucks and everybody but you knows it. Deal with the fact that people go to your site and instantly know that it was constructed by an incompetent coder.
We should walk out of China and not look back. All of this complaining by money making ventures will do no good
"We?" Who is "we"? The US government is wholly owned by the "money making ventures".
Oh wait, he does exist, here is the entry on the honorable Senator Browbakc from Kansas "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." ~ Dorothy on noticing a school teaching actual science
supposedly property of an American company
Unless it's privately onwed (and I don't know if it is or not) it's not an American company, it's an international company. If a single foreigner owns a single share of stock, it's a multinational corporation and has no right to call itself an "American" company.
Lots of questions, no answers. How ar ethese "US Hotels"? They're on the other side of the globe from the US!
I wish we were as intolerant of the multinational corporations as the Chineese. But then again, Sony and BP and the like all run the US's goivernment anyway, so it's not surprising.
But I wish we, the people still had control of our government. I'd sutre like to see more factories here.
A bill that would penalize companies for assisting repressive regimes in censoring the Internet may finally be headed to a vote.
Does that mean the "child porn" laws and DMCA are repealed?