Starch containing produce is easier to grow than sugar based fruits or vegitables. Potatoes are the obvious case. They grow in poor soil and colder climates. The profits are so low that a lot of farmers stopped growing them. The real problem is growing them cheap enough. Eventually energy costs will hit $10+ a gallon then a lot of these technologies will get practical. The real point is eventually either we have to go to this type of technology or we go to coal based diesel. Once oil runs out that will be the only hydrocarbon option but ironically that releases even more CO2 inspite of burning cleaner, I'm referring to what is called white diesel.
Windows virus making you irritable? It's okay Mac users understand, it's why we're on Mac. Just take two virus checkers and make sure your firewall is set. Don't install any non Microsoft approved software and stick with Office software until your machine is feeling better. If you need to get some work done just borrow a friends Mac. When I got my first Mac a year ago I looked for a copy of anti spyware for the Mac. A friend pointed out it's like giving a nun birth control. Macs aren't a 100% secure they just seem that way to the users.
Another fine tradition, fleecing the flock. Just how much of this is pushing a religious agenda and how much is a money making scheme? Overall if your faith in religion is based on something that defies not only science but common sense I'd re-examine your religous beliefs. If all the evidence says you are wrong it's not faith it's delusion.
That's just silly. The sun will go Nova long before then. Unless they plan to move development off planet, Duk...... You don't suppose they're building spaceships just in case do you? Gotta wonder what the first people to play it will look like if it takes a trillion years? In a few billion years we went from bacteria to humans. They may have to search the Universe for another race that looks like us or face redoing all the artwork. On the brightside the computers then should be able to run it.
I recently had my Zaire die and tried to find a replacement but nothing availible came close. Instead of getting better the line has largely stagnated. I loved my Zaire so I guess the next move is iPhone. I just hope they add in more desktop apps soon. I have high hopes on the second generation. The Palm OS was a landmark OS and for many years it was the best. For the people that loved the devices it's definitely a time to mourn it's passing.
Give him some credit, he's getting better. It took him four years to admit the internet wasn't a flash in the pan now it just took him four months to realize Jobs was right. At this rate he'll be ahead of the game ten years from now. In twenty years he'll be a furturist.
Didn't the mob used to collect protection money whether you wanted their protection or not? It's like Bush declaring he's going to protect all the oil revenues so everyone has to pay his government then he'll "fairly" distribute the money.
The real issue is user complaints not head on comparisons. Most people aren't objective in head on comparisons so they tend to be more about reviewers preference than which is a superior OS. There have been significant customer complaints about Vista where as few if any about Leopard. It's impossible to tell until the final release but all looks good for OSX Leopard. In comparison people are more and more comparing Vista to ME. What other standard is there than customer satisfaction? Comparing the OSs is completely pointless. It'd make more sense comparing OSX and Linux. Vista isn't all bad I'm sure but it's hardly all good. The very fact large numbers of users especially businesses are resisting the shift to Vista and plan to use XP as long as possible is a bad sign. I think you'll find no resistence to Leopard. Which is better will be argued until the next Microsoft OS is released when the arguments will begin anew. The real decider is who is happiest. The vast majority of Mac users are happy where as Vista users seem on the whole very unhappy. You decide.
Odds are it'll start out at that budget then with cost overruns end up costing 35 billion to 50 billion with the US picking up the difference. Anyone remember the Space Station? The US wound up making up the difference plus part of Russia's original commitment. Russia is cash poor so how exactly are they supposed to cough up 5 or 6 billion let alone cover overages? This is charity to Russia so they can save money transporting assets out of Siberia. It'll be sold to the US as a win win but we'll wind up paying for it more ways than one.
I grew up reading things like Robert E Howard novels. The hero would be slipping on the decks of ships from all the blood while a man that was just gutted by a sword grabbed at his own entrails. Shakespear is full of violence and if the Colubine kids had read The Art of War they might have done a lot more damage and it's thousands of years old. I've got no problem restricting the sale to minors I'm concerned about over reactions and the witch hunts that follow. Like all good witch hunts they rarely burn the guilty party but they do get everyone worked up and afraid. Focus on the actual causes not the percieved causes. Games and movies get lots of hype but when's the last time you heard some one say the killer just read Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and decided it'd be cool to rob and murder a family in a farmhouse? Violent content may trigger a reaction from a tiny group of people but it's never really found to be the root cause. Columbine was thought to be brought on by abuse from jocks. No one said to crack down on abuse from jocks. I recently read that only a couple of percent of students were free of abuse. The rest were either victims or causing it. It's easier to blame the media than the system itself. It's been a lot of years but I still remember clearly what school was like. The jocks ruled and everyone else was a friend or afraid. Apparently this kid had a chip on his shoulder about Rich kids. I've read that they were very concerned about his writing before the incident. After Colubine they didn't target jocks but they did target outcast types. Man am I glad I wasn't in school then. Now what? If a kid writes something violent in nature can they be expelled? If a 16 year old had written a story like Stephen King's Rage would he considered likely to commit an act of violence? Possibly but out of a million kids that might write something like that one may commit the act. That's a lot of punishment for one crime that may or may not happen. You can't paint such a broad stroke. You might as well say if you have the gene for alcoholism you can't get a drivers license. It may save lives but at what cost?
Geodesic domes are unaffected by earthquakes and tend to ride them out with little or no damage. The downside is people still want their ranch houses. Unless you build to the environment it's doubtful science can completely protect you. You can make them more resistent but so long as asthetics come first the resistence will be limited. Ever drive around the mountains in LA? There are sedimentary rocks with lines going straight up. Large building sized rocks that are part of the San Andreas fault have bounced tens of miles. In reality nothing is earthquake proof but if you're in a geodesic dome odds are you'll have the last house standing.
I thought that was the reason for all the unwatchable movies being made? If you make the movies bad enough no one will want to see them so no one will go to the trouble of copying the movie. It's like owning a beater car in a big city. If the car is crappy enough no one will go to the trouble of stealing it.
Actually the three laws isn't about winning it's about not loosing, to the robots. It may be hard to imagine a Roomba being a threat but in the 1800s no one could have predicted the last 100 years. In another hundred year we may be dealing with large numbers of autonomous robots. Do you want the Bush administrations protocol of kill all the enemy or Asimov's three laws? There's short sighted and then there's visionary.
They gotta pay for two terms of Bush somehow. It's not going to just affect people that make their living from it but anyone that sells anything of significant value or happens to sell multiple items that add up to a certain amount. Cleaning your closet may come with a tax bill now. People used to have yard sales but now they use Ebay. And now it's likely to become taxible income. Expect lots of micromanaging the tax code to try to avoid raising taxes for the rich. People making their living off Ebay should be taxed but for everyone doing that ten other people are going to get nailed who were just causually selling. Don't be surprised if they make it retroactive so it covers anything sold this year. The government is spending money faster than any administration in history. Some one has to pay for it and it won't be the rich.
I think Don Imus should get credit for his own firing. Reporters spurred it on but it was Imus's comments that lead to the firing. I just think it's rediculous how shocked everyone was. The guy in the past never hid his racist views. The network yanked his chain in recent years but he finally reverted to his old style of commentary. The shocking thing wasn't he got fired it was how he lasted this long.
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Come on give them some credit. They're bringing back the Bionic Woman.....on second thought it couldn't get any worse.
He looked pretty much the same just his diapers and mustache were smaller.
Mountain Dew hell, what about Red Bull! Would six or eight a day be considered safe or do I need to cut back?
Starch containing produce is easier to grow than sugar based fruits or vegitables. Potatoes are the obvious case. They grow in poor soil and colder climates. The profits are so low that a lot of farmers stopped growing them. The real problem is growing them cheap enough. Eventually energy costs will hit $10+ a gallon then a lot of these technologies will get practical. The real point is eventually either we have to go to this type of technology or we go to coal based diesel. Once oil runs out that will be the only hydrocarbon option but ironically that releases even more CO2 inspite of burning cleaner, I'm referring to what is called white diesel.
Windows virus making you irritable? It's okay Mac users understand, it's why we're on Mac. Just take two virus checkers and make sure your firewall is set. Don't install any non Microsoft approved software and stick with Office software until your machine is feeling better. If you need to get some work done just borrow a friends Mac. When I got my first Mac a year ago I looked for a copy of anti spyware for the Mac. A friend pointed out it's like giving a nun birth control. Macs aren't a 100% secure they just seem that way to the users.
Another fine tradition, fleecing the flock. Just how much of this is pushing a religious agenda and how much is a money making scheme? Overall if your faith in religion is based on something that defies not only science but common sense I'd re-examine your religous beliefs. If all the evidence says you are wrong it's not faith it's delusion.
That's just silly. The sun will go Nova long before then. Unless they plan to move development off planet, Duk...... You don't suppose they're building spaceships just in case do you? Gotta wonder what the first people to play it will look like if it takes a trillion years? In a few billion years we went from bacteria to humans. They may have to search the Universe for another race that looks like us or face redoing all the artwork. On the brightside the computers then should be able to run it.
Jericho had fans?
I recently had my Zaire die and tried to find a replacement but nothing availible came close. Instead of getting better the line has largely stagnated. I loved my Zaire so I guess the next move is iPhone. I just hope they add in more desktop apps soon. I have high hopes on the second generation. The Palm OS was a landmark OS and for many years it was the best. For the people that loved the devices it's definitely a time to mourn it's passing.
Then the rumors of it being bundled with Duke Nuke em Forever aren't true? Or are they taking preorders for Duke as well?
Give him some credit, he's getting better. It took him four years to admit the internet wasn't a flash in the pan now it just took him four months to realize Jobs was right. At this rate he'll be ahead of the game ten years from now. In twenty years he'll be a furturist.
Maybe the "B. Gates" signature should have been a clue.
Only if the squirrels running in the wheels that power them don't have heart attacks first.
Didn't the mob used to collect protection money whether you wanted their protection or not? It's like Bush declaring he's going to protect all the oil revenues so everyone has to pay his government then he'll "fairly" distribute the money.
The real issue is user complaints not head on comparisons. Most people aren't objective in head on comparisons so they tend to be more about reviewers preference than which is a superior OS. There have been significant customer complaints about Vista where as few if any about Leopard. It's impossible to tell until the final release but all looks good for OSX Leopard. In comparison people are more and more comparing Vista to ME. What other standard is there than customer satisfaction? Comparing the OSs is completely pointless. It'd make more sense comparing OSX and Linux. Vista isn't all bad I'm sure but it's hardly all good. The very fact large numbers of users especially businesses are resisting the shift to Vista and plan to use XP as long as possible is a bad sign. I think you'll find no resistence to Leopard. Which is better will be argued until the next Microsoft OS is released when the arguments will begin anew. The real decider is who is happiest. The vast majority of Mac users are happy where as Vista users seem on the whole very unhappy. You decide.
We former owners of Deathstar/Deskstar drives affectionately call that the "Death Rattle".
Odds are it'll start out at that budget then with cost overruns end up costing 35 billion to 50 billion with the US picking up the difference. Anyone remember the Space Station? The US wound up making up the difference plus part of Russia's original commitment. Russia is cash poor so how exactly are they supposed to cough up 5 or 6 billion let alone cover overages? This is charity to Russia so they can save money transporting assets out of Siberia. It'll be sold to the US as a win win but we'll wind up paying for it more ways than one.
I grew up reading things like Robert E Howard novels. The hero would be slipping on the decks of ships from all the blood while a man that was just gutted by a sword grabbed at his own entrails. Shakespear is full of violence and if the Colubine kids had read The Art of War they might have done a lot more damage and it's thousands of years old. I've got no problem restricting the sale to minors I'm concerned about over reactions and the witch hunts that follow. Like all good witch hunts they rarely burn the guilty party but they do get everyone worked up and afraid. Focus on the actual causes not the percieved causes. Games and movies get lots of hype but when's the last time you heard some one say the killer just read Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and decided it'd be cool to rob and murder a family in a farmhouse? Violent content may trigger a reaction from a tiny group of people but it's never really found to be the root cause. Columbine was thought to be brought on by abuse from jocks. No one said to crack down on abuse from jocks. I recently read that only a couple of percent of students were free of abuse. The rest were either victims or causing it. It's easier to blame the media than the system itself. It's been a lot of years but I still remember clearly what school was like. The jocks ruled and everyone else was a friend or afraid. Apparently this kid had a chip on his shoulder about Rich kids. I've read that they were very concerned about his writing before the incident. After Colubine they didn't target jocks but they did target outcast types. Man am I glad I wasn't in school then. Now what? If a kid writes something violent in nature can they be expelled? If a 16 year old had written a story like Stephen King's Rage would he considered likely to commit an act of violence? Possibly but out of a million kids that might write something like that one may commit the act. That's a lot of punishment for one crime that may or may not happen. You can't paint such a broad stroke. You might as well say if you have the gene for alcoholism you can't get a drivers license. It may save lives but at what cost?
I still get the shakes when I see a paper clip. Also for some reason the name "Bob" makes my hair stand up on end.
Geodesic domes are unaffected by earthquakes and tend to ride them out with little or no damage. The downside is people still want their ranch houses. Unless you build to the environment it's doubtful science can completely protect you. You can make them more resistent but so long as asthetics come first the resistence will be limited. Ever drive around the mountains in LA? There are sedimentary rocks with lines going straight up. Large building sized rocks that are part of the San Andreas fault have bounced tens of miles. In reality nothing is earthquake proof but if you're in a geodesic dome odds are you'll have the last house standing.
I thought that was the reason for all the unwatchable movies being made? If you make the movies bad enough no one will want to see them so no one will go to the trouble of copying the movie. It's like owning a beater car in a big city. If the car is crappy enough no one will go to the trouble of stealing it.
The problem with firing up the Cray 1 in my garage is the power it draws. It is fun to watch the power meter spin around and smoke though.
Actually the three laws isn't about winning it's about not loosing, to the robots. It may be hard to imagine a Roomba being a threat but in the 1800s no one could have predicted the last 100 years. In another hundred year we may be dealing with large numbers of autonomous robots. Do you want the Bush administrations protocol of kill all the enemy or Asimov's three laws? There's short sighted and then there's visionary.
They gotta pay for two terms of Bush somehow. It's not going to just affect people that make their living from it but anyone that sells anything of significant value or happens to sell multiple items that add up to a certain amount. Cleaning your closet may come with a tax bill now. People used to have yard sales but now they use Ebay. And now it's likely to become taxible income. Expect lots of micromanaging the tax code to try to avoid raising taxes for the rich. People making their living off Ebay should be taxed but for everyone doing that ten other people are going to get nailed who were just causually selling. Don't be surprised if they make it retroactive so it covers anything sold this year. The government is spending money faster than any administration in history. Some one has to pay for it and it won't be the rich.
I think Don Imus should get credit for his own firing. Reporters spurred it on but it was Imus's comments that lead to the firing. I just think it's rediculous how shocked everyone was. The guy in the past never hid his racist views. The network yanked his chain in recent years but he finally reverted to his old style of commentary. The shocking thing wasn't he got fired it was how he lasted this long.