"I will not enter into that debate right now."
I agree. But one thing some freaky parents do is enter very young kids, usually girls, in thees beauty contests i.e. Toddlers in Tiaras. If that is not 1 shy thread away from kiddie porn, I don't now what is.. Talk about children in sexually suggestive. situations and clothing.. And it's legal and on TV for christ sake! I find that whole thing very very creepy.
I find the hypocrisy interesting.
Lets just make it simple: Make it illegal for any adult to photograph anyone under 18 for any reason, unless your a parent or guardian. With a harsh penalty and sex offender status. That seem how we do things around here.
I have no problem hunting and killing an animal for food.As long as you use 80% or more of the animal. But killing for sport, or for a tusk or horn and leaving the rest for scavengers, Is not good. Killing of endangered or protected animals like elephants in Africa is not good either.
Did i mention the wonderful deer steaks, and deer meatloaf I had last year was super yummy!
"So you can vote in the other (potentially worse) corporate candidate? Or do you plan to vote for a third party with little chance of winning? "
Thees are all true statements. But it's about shaking up the status quo, and trying to choosing the lesser evil, and sending a message. And if you trying to say you have lost faith in the whole gosh darn system and just stop giving a shit - I can understand your frustration - I share it. But giving up and doing nothing is not going to help.
"If the first, at least do the due diligence of figuring out if the opposition is more fanatical in support of the things you dislike."
Absolutely. This whole SOPA/PIPA crap has open my eyes wide and I will be looking now very closely at our politicians. A big step for a non-political person like me. I deal in programming and logic. Listening to our lawmakers talk makes me cringe, and projectile vomit in some cases..
Example: when the US Army switched to walnut shells instead of solvents to clean the oil system of Chinook helicopters because it was greener. In Mannheim, Germany 46 people lost their lives because the shells were not flushed out entirely and a bearing failed.
" The failure of the Forward Transmission Input Pinion Capsule caused the Number 1 Synchronized Drive Shaft to rotate eccentric and contact the Forward Pylon structure, causing the shaft to fail, followed by the subsequent de-synchronization of the Forward and Aft Rotor Systems. The Forward and Aft Rotor Blades meshed causing the Aft Pylon, Aft Transmission and the Aft Rotor System to separate from the helicopter with catastrophic results. The entire crew and all passengers received fatal injuries. Failure of the Input Pinion Capsule was caused by Walnut Grit blocking the oil journals inside the transmission. Walnut Grit was used to clean the transmission during the overhaul process."
"Kerosene + LOx = OMFG that is a LOT of Thrust!"
Yes but you can't store LOX for long periods, It want's to boil off. Hydrazine will stay stable for a long time, and another important aspect of hydrazine is it's hypergolic properties. This makes the engines very very reliable and simple to build. Just mix hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide in a combustion chamber and it auto ignites. Or you can use a catalyst to break down the hydrazine, like in the shuttle APU.
I know of no "green" propellents that can do this.
That is at once outstandingly stupid and overwhelmingly dangerous.
Good to see someone has finally figured this out. I knew this from day 1 of facebook. How gullible people are. That why I have never or will never use it.
Customer: I would like a copy of Assassin's Creed please.
Sales person: Ok that will be $60.
Customer: Thank you..
Sales person:
Wait! There's one more thing before you leave. First off we don't trust you as far as we can throw you, so we added a nifty feature to that game that protects us from people like you (the customer). You must have your a working internet connection even to play single player because we know your a criminal at heart so we must spy on you.. If you try to get around this like the sneaky sleazy criminal customer we know you to be, we will cancel your account and sue you for a great deal of money. If your try to install the game more than three times we will stop you because we know your trying to steal our shit, and we wont allow that. We also have the right to shut down our servers at any time, for as long as we want. You will gladly wait for us to bring them on line.
If you find all this to be a problem, too bad. We will no let you sell that game because you don't own it and we will sue you for a large sum of money and possibly have you arrested for piracy. We just don't like you or trust you, however we're glad to take your money.We feel there is ample reason to believe you will try to steal our game. Just watch out! Oh yes, we don't do refunds.
Thank you for your money and enjoy the game while you can.
Yes, but if they have that much control over your product, why would they care? They already got your money.. They know they got you by the balls and that you will wait happily for the servers to come back on line. They know you have no choice.
When thees companies no longer make billions of $$ each year, no longer have legit sales, and go bankrupt because of piracy. Then I'll believe you..
Of course they always blame their failing business model on piracy..
Bahh Humbug..
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"I'm anti-piracy, I'm one of those weirdos who thinks artists deserve to get money for what they produce"
It's not about piracy, it's about control. I think that has become quite clear.
"I will not enter into that debate right now."
I agree. But one thing some freaky parents do is enter very young kids, usually girls, in thees beauty contests i.e. Toddlers in Tiaras. If that is not 1 shy thread away from kiddie porn, I don't now what is.. Talk about children in sexually suggestive. situations and clothing.. And it's legal and on TV for christ sake! I find that whole thing very very creepy.
I find the hypocrisy interesting.
Lets just make it simple:
Make it illegal for any adult to photograph anyone under 18 for any reason, unless your a parent or guardian. With a harsh penalty and sex offender status. That seem how we do things around here.
"Wont be long till it happens here in the USA. Just a matter of time."
MPAA:
You have illegally downloaded Harry Potter Movies.
You shall hereby be sentenced to death by hanging with a CAT-5 ethernet cable.
By order of:
The United Corporations Of America
My that sounds recursive.. This must be a first for slashdot... :)
I have no problem hunting and killing an animal for food.As long as you use 80% or more of the animal. But killing for sport, or for a tusk or horn and leaving the rest for scavengers, Is not good. Killing of endangered or protected animals like elephants in Africa is not good either.
Did i mention the wonderful deer steaks, and deer meatloaf I had last year was super yummy!
I can't complain too much about http://www.networksolutions.com/
Don't forget The GoDaddy CEO shoots elephants in Africa for fun too.. Nice guy.
"So you can vote in the other (potentially worse) corporate candidate? Or do you plan to vote for a third party with little chance of winning? "
Thees are all true statements. But it's about shaking up the status quo, and trying to choosing the lesser evil, and sending a message. And if you trying to say you have lost faith in the whole gosh darn system and just stop giving a shit - I can understand your frustration - I share it. But giving up and doing nothing is not going to help.
"If the first, at least do the due diligence of figuring out if the opposition is more fanatical in support of the things you dislike."
Absolutely. This whole SOPA/PIPA crap has open my eyes wide and I will be looking now very closely at our politicians. A big step for a non-political person like me. I deal in programming and logic. Listening to our lawmakers talk makes me cringe, and projectile vomit in some cases..
Keep the faith
I have not forgiven my congress critters either. Looking forward to November.
Example: when the US Army switched to walnut shells instead of solvents to clean the oil system of Chinook helicopters because it was greener. In Mannheim, Germany 46 people lost their lives because the shells were not flushed out entirely and a bearing failed.
:)
" The failure of the Forward Transmission Input Pinion Capsule caused the Number 1 Synchronized Drive Shaft to rotate eccentric and contact the Forward Pylon structure, causing the shaft to fail, followed by the subsequent de-synchronization of the Forward and Aft Rotor Systems. The Forward and Aft Rotor Blades meshed causing the Aft Pylon, Aft Transmission and the Aft Rotor System to separate from the helicopter with catastrophic results. The entire crew and all passengers received fatal injuries. Failure of the Input Pinion Capsule was caused by Walnut Grit blocking the oil journals inside the transmission. Walnut Grit was used to clean the transmission during the overhaul process."
PS: their using solvents again
Too toxic to be on commercial aircraft. But 1 aircraft I know of - the shuttle - used it for APU's and OMS engines.
"Kerosene + LOx = OMFG that is a LOT of Thrust!"
Yes but you can't store LOX for long periods, It want's to boil off. Hydrazine will stay stable for a long time, and another important aspect of hydrazine is it's hypergolic properties. This makes the engines very very reliable and simple to build. Just mix hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide in a combustion chamber and it auto ignites. Or you can use a catalyst to break down the hydrazine, like in the shuttle APU. I know of no "green" propellents that can do this.
I wonder how long it will take incumbent telcoms to sabotage their infrastructure, like happend(s) here between time-warner & verizon.
That is at once outstandingly stupid and overwhelmingly dangerous.
Good to see someone has finally figured this out. I knew this from day 1 of facebook. How gullible people are. That why I have never or will never use it.
I play world of tanks and you don't want to come across a panzer tiger in your sherman! 88mm gun tears right through frontal armor.. game over..
UBISOFT Sales booth at some game conference.
Customer: I would like a copy of Assassin's Creed please.
Sales person: Ok that will be $60.
Customer: Thank you..
Sales person:
Wait! There's one more thing before you leave. First off we don't trust you as far as we can throw you, so we added a nifty feature to that game that protects us from people like you (the customer). You must have your a working internet connection even to play single player because we know your a criminal at heart so we must spy on you.. If you try to get around this like the sneaky sleazy criminal customer we know you to be, we will cancel your account and sue you for a great deal of money. If your try to install the game more than three times we will stop you because we know your trying to steal our shit, and we wont allow that. We also have the right to shut down our servers at any time, for as long as we want. You will gladly wait for us to bring them on line. If you find all this to be a problem, too bad. We will no let you sell that game because you don't own it and we will sue you for a large sum of money and possibly have you arrested for piracy. We just don't like you or trust you, however we're glad to take your money.We feel there is ample reason to believe you will try to steal our game. Just watch out! Oh yes, we don't do refunds. Thank you for your money and enjoy the game while you can.
Yes, but if they have that much control over your product, why would they care? They already got your money.. They know they got you by the balls and that you will wait happily for the servers to come back on line. They know you have no choice.
Can anyone picture Jeff Foxworthy doing a "You might be a terrorist" skit to this stuff?
Too funny
More bright ideas from you local politician.. Do they all have their head in the sand?
When thees companies no longer make billions of $$ each year, no longer have legit sales, and go bankrupt because of piracy.
Then I'll believe you..
Of course they always blame their failing business model on piracy.. Bahh Humbug..
AH HAAAA! SO ITS YOU!
The cat's out of the bag brother!
Microsoft: No one want's your operating system on their phone.
We have seen what you have done with the PC
"Piracy is out of hand today."
This is exactly the FUD they WANT you to believe..
If a more utopian society can someday come to fruition, the internet will (can) be it's birthplace...