And of course this won't be used by the British government in conjunction with all those surveillance cameras they have set up all over the place. "He said, 'Bugger the Queen'! Quick, lock him up! He must be one of those bloody Arab terrorists."
My father associated with members of a group called "Nature Friends" in the 50s. An early environmental group, they were at the TOP of the HUAC list of Communist Front Organizations. This nonsense will not end until the criminals who support the current resurrection of the "Red Menace" as the "Global War on Terrorism" are tried, convicted, and sentenced.
The problem with DC, as I recall from a bio of Tesla I read years ago, was that the power fell off the farther you got from the station. It works fine for things like computers because they are so small relative to a neighborhood wide electrical grid. Here's a question for all you techno nerds: How big would a computer have to be before the power fall off became a problem?
"Because most people believe the disabled have a right to equal access to services as everyone, firstly because those who use assisti[ng] technologies have no choice"
Well, actually they do have a choice. They can get on the bus and go to the Target and handle the actual merchandise, feel it, listen to how it sounds, ask a friend along or a stranger how it looks. Or better yet, patronize a local merchant with the time and inclination to give personal service rather than demanding equal access to mass-produced inferior Chinese-made goods that put American workers out of work and local businesses out of business.
On another note, the web is primarily a visual medium. Like movies. Why don't the blind sue the movie studios for not putting headphones in the theaters? Or the magazine publishers for not sending along a CD of the contents? When did the web become anymore of an essential part of everyday life than going to the movies or reading magazines? What oh what are the poor going to do when they can't get access to the Target website?
I tend to buy most of my computer/electronic stuff online now. Why burn all that gas on the off chance a local store will have what you need and then let them treat you like a criminal?
Actually, I've walked out of CompUSA without showing my receipt and on one occasion as I walked away the idiot threatened not to honor my warranty, on a package of zip disks if I recall correctly. Of course, this guy's mistake was to try to have a rational conversation with the Neanderthal store manager. If you DO want to waste your time interacting with such a fool, what you really need to do in a situation like this is to reverse the charge on the entire interaction. Don't fall into the trap of playing the role of the poor abused customer. Ask the person you're with if they know the number of the state police. Or pick up your cell phone, call 911, and report an attempted assault. If you don't have a phone, holler for a passerby to call the police. A crime is being committed here. Take the initiative. Don't be a sissy.
The American people really are the most cowardly bunch of fools on the face of the earth. "Oh my god, he's speaking ARABIC! Quick, RUN AWAY!" "Oh my GOD, she has TRANSISTORS and DIODES on her dress! SHOOT HER!" But let four planes be hijacked and fly off course and nobody even scrambles the jets. Give me a break fellows. This is all a farce.
In the minds of most police, they are not subject to the law. They ARE the law. Just ask the next one you see on the street (and hope he has a sense of humor). Personally, I would have driven to the officer's house on numerous occasions while sending him messages about "the operation" and finally telling him "the cheeseberger is ready to be fried."
RTFA????? Having just RTFA, I have determined that you pulled the second part of your quotation out of your bloody ass. The actual quote is:
"When contacted by The Press, Shaw declined to comment other than to say: 'Police use a variety of legitimate investigation techniques when investigating serious crime. However, it is not the policy of the police to comment on those techniques or other operational matters.'
"Shaw would not say whether a warrant had been obtained for the devices. The Summary Proceedings Act, which covers tracking devices, says a warrant should be obtained for a tracking device but an officer can install one without a warrant if there is not time and the officer believes a judge would issue a warrant."
So they are telling you NOT to use their service but to use the telephone instead? Am I missing something here? What exactly is their business model anyhow?
I think what's he's managed to garble so badly is that the common picture of Neanderthal as a bent over creature swinging its arms and scraping the ground with them derives from the fossil of a *Neanderthal* that had arthritis.
Keep in mind that DNA determines mainly cellular structure and everything since viruses has a cellular structure. So the basic mechanisms of cellular function are going to remain relatively constant across billions of years.
Just for reference, my Y-chromosome goes back to the Near East 10,000 years ago when a particular non-damaging mutation occurred. Fossils aren't the only things that contradict creationism. So does DNA research.
No, it's not a clod of dirt. It's a ceramic figure made from clay and then animated. Kind of the old Pinocchio routine. So the story developed sometime AFTER the invention of ceramics. A bit on the self-contradictory side, wouldn't you say?
So science eventually manages to correct its mistakes while religion never does? I'd say that just about summarizes the difference between science and religion. As for biblical chronology, I've been working on that problem for a while now, and the distortions are pretty obvious and extreme. http://neros.lordbalto.com/Contents.htm This God of yours either has a really good sense of humor or he's a pathological liar. Take your pick.
I have suspected for a while now that ALL religions are forms of institutionalized mental illness, so the neurotic kid in the neighborhood analogy is quite revealing. That said, there comes a time when you have to go on with your life and stop worrying about what the loony kid down the block thinks.
That said, this really is a bit offtopic.
This is a variation on what I call the Washing Machine Analogy. I originally invented it because I got tired of having to reboot my machine to "fix" certain problems. My response was that if I bought a washing machine that I had to unplug and then plug back in to get it to work, I'd take the damn thing back to the store and buy another brand.
"The amended complaint seeking class action status (PDF) sues for negligence, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, federal and state RICO, abuse of process, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, trespass, invasion of privacy, libel and slander, deceptive business practices, misuse of copyright law, and civil conspiracy."
For the $1,000,000,000,000 Monkey Boy will spend in Iraq we could have put solar collectors on every home in America for free. So they finally figure out how to make fusion work. Energy will still be monopolized by the power companies and you'll still be paying through the nose. And if you try to do anything about it they'll call you an enemy combatant and send you to Guantanamo. There is no technological fix. There is only a political fix.
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And of course this won't be used by the British government in conjunction with all those surveillance cameras they have set up all over the place. "He said, 'Bugger the Queen'! Quick, lock him up! He must be one of those bloody Arab terrorists."
Freejack!
It looks fine to me. Larger than normal font.
My father associated with members of a group called "Nature Friends" in the 50s. An early environmental group, they were at the TOP of the HUAC list of Communist Front Organizations. This nonsense will not end until the criminals who support the current resurrection of the "Red Menace" as the "Global War on Terrorism" are tried, convicted, and sentenced.
The problem with DC, as I recall from a bio of Tesla I read years ago, was that the power fell off the farther you got from the station. It works fine for things like computers because they are so small relative to a neighborhood wide electrical grid. Here's a question for all you techno nerds: How big would a computer have to be before the power fall off became a problem?
"Because most people believe the disabled have a right to equal access to services as everyone, firstly because those who use assisti[ng] technologies have no choice"
Well, actually they do have a choice. They can get on the bus and go to the Target and handle the actual merchandise, feel it, listen to how it sounds, ask a friend along or a stranger how it looks. Or better yet, patronize a local merchant with the time and inclination to give personal service rather than demanding equal access to mass-produced inferior Chinese-made goods that put American workers out of work and local businesses out of business.
On another note, the web is primarily a visual medium. Like movies. Why don't the blind sue the movie studios for not putting headphones in the theaters? Or the magazine publishers for not sending along a CD of the contents? When did the web become anymore of an essential part of everyday life than going to the movies or reading magazines? What oh what are the poor going to do when they can't get access to the Target website?
I tend to buy most of my computer/electronic stuff online now. Why burn all that gas on the off chance a local store will have what you need and then let them treat you like a criminal?
Actually, I've walked out of CompUSA without showing my receipt and on one occasion as I walked away the idiot threatened not to honor my warranty, on a package of zip disks if I recall correctly. Of course, this guy's mistake was to try to have a rational conversation with the Neanderthal store manager. If you DO want to waste your time interacting with such a fool, what you really need to do in a situation like this is to reverse the charge on the entire interaction. Don't fall into the trap of playing the role of the poor abused customer. Ask the person you're with if they know the number of the state police. Or pick up your cell phone, call 911, and report an attempted assault. If you don't have a phone, holler for a passerby to call the police. A crime is being committed here. Take the initiative. Don't be a sissy.
The American people really are the most cowardly bunch of fools on the face of the earth. "Oh my god, he's speaking ARABIC! Quick, RUN AWAY!" "Oh my GOD, she has TRANSISTORS and DIODES on her dress! SHOOT HER!" But let four planes be hijacked and fly off course and nobody even scrambles the jets. Give me a break fellows. This is all a farce.
In the minds of most police, they are not subject to the law. They ARE the law. Just ask the next one you see on the street (and hope he has a sense of humor). Personally, I would have driven to the officer's house on numerous occasions while sending him messages about "the operation" and finally telling him "the cheeseberger is ready to be fried."
RTFA????? Having just RTFA, I have determined that you pulled the second part of your quotation out of your bloody ass. The actual quote is:
"When contacted by The Press, Shaw declined to comment other than to say: 'Police use a variety of legitimate investigation techniques when investigating serious crime. However, it is not the policy of the police to comment on those techniques or other operational matters.'
"Shaw would not say whether a warrant had been obtained for the devices. The Summary Proceedings Act, which covers tracking devices, says a warrant should be obtained for a tracking device but an officer can install one without a warrant if there is not time and the officer believes a judge would issue a warrant."
Busted!
Actually, the books were written, or at least radically edited, by Josiah about the year 621 BC. http://neros.lordbalto.com/ChapterSeven.htm.
Do you think the monkey in the white house has morals? He certainly has some peculiar sort of religion.
So you are saying they were the Japanese equivalent of the Signal Corps during the Boxer Rebellion?
So they are telling you NOT to use their service but to use the telephone instead? Am I missing something here? What exactly is their business model anyhow?
Actually that big man in the sky was just a representation of the Sun God, so it's really not that stupid. The associated chronology is what's stupid.
SIX thousand years ago. Ussher placed the creation at 4004 BC. These characters can't even get your pseudoscience right!
I think what's he's managed to garble so badly is that the common picture of Neanderthal as a bent over creature swinging its arms and scraping the ground with them derives from the fossil of a *Neanderthal* that had arthritis.
What a maroon!
Keep in mind that DNA determines mainly cellular structure and everything since viruses has a cellular structure. So the basic mechanisms of cellular function are going to remain relatively constant across billions of years.
Just for reference, my Y-chromosome goes back to the Near East 10,000 years ago when a particular non-damaging mutation occurred. Fossils aren't the only things that contradict creationism. So does DNA research.
No, it's not a clod of dirt. It's a ceramic figure made from clay and then animated. Kind of the old Pinocchio routine. So the story developed sometime AFTER the invention of ceramics. A bit on the self-contradictory side, wouldn't you say?
So science eventually manages to correct its mistakes while religion never does? I'd say that just about summarizes the difference between science and religion. As for biblical chronology, I've been working on that problem for a while now, and the distortions are pretty obvious and extreme. http://neros.lordbalto.com/Contents.htm This God of yours either has a really good sense of humor or he's a pathological liar. Take your pick.
I have suspected for a while now that ALL religions are forms of institutionalized mental illness, so the neurotic kid in the neighborhood analogy is quite revealing. That said, there comes a time when you have to go on with your life and stop worrying about what the loony kid down the block thinks. That said, this really is a bit offtopic.
This is a variation on what I call the Washing Machine Analogy. I originally invented it because I got tired of having to reboot my machine to "fix" certain problems. My response was that if I bought a washing machine that I had to unplug and then plug back in to get it to work, I'd take the damn thing back to the store and buy another brand.
"The amended complaint seeking class action status (PDF) sues for negligence, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, federal and state RICO, abuse of process, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, trespass, invasion of privacy, libel and slander, deceptive business practices, misuse of copyright law, and civil conspiracy."
But, but, but..., there's no underlying crime!
Talk about throwing the kitchen sink at them.
For the $1,000,000,000,000 Monkey Boy will spend in Iraq we could have put solar collectors on every home in America for free. So they finally figure out how to make fusion work. Energy will still be monopolized by the power companies and you'll still be paying through the nose. And if you try to do anything about it they'll call you an enemy combatant and send you to Guantanamo. There is no technological fix. There is only a political fix.