The still nameless planet is believed to be Earth-like and orbits at a distance to Proxima Centauri that could allow it to have liquid water on its surface -- an important requirement for the emergence of life," said the magazine.
Of course it's still nameless stupid.
We haven't got there yet to ask the locals what the planet's called.
I certainly did not mean mental illness to be name calling.
I also have some experience with mental health problems, and understand how difficult it is to treat. Maybe geekmux misunderstood.
I'm not going to start name calling like several other posters have, but I can't really see even a stupid person picking up a shotgun and threatening a cop with it.
I'm going to go right ahead and assume either meth or untreated mental health problems here.
It is entirely possible I'm wrong and she died because she was stupid, but I don't think so.
Our government is desperate to shut down any talk of the two being linked, but everyone knows they are. China is a huge buyer of our exports, and have no problem using that power.
I think it has, I use Libreoffice on Linux Mint on an oldish Dell laptop. It loads pretty well on that.
My son has been using it as his Office Suite for homework on a reasonably good Toshiba laptop and when I ask him if he likes using it he just shrugs and says "It works just as well as anything else".
I guess the real problem will be compatibility with MS Office. Microsoft will do their best to make that as hard as they can I would think.
This casts doubt on the entire electoral process in the US.
There is no doubt at all about the electoral system in the US.
It is a sham, perpetuated by the moneyed interests who are the only ones to benefit from it.
From gerrymandering to media bias, to first past the post electorates your representative democracy no longer represents ordinary voters.
I live in one of the Pacific states affected by the TPP.
There have been many, quite large protests against the TPP, but they get almost no press here, or anywhere else I assume.
For instance there was a march through the main street of our largest city last summer, which was held on a Saturday, as most of the protesters had jobs, and were not the usual rent-a-mob crowd.
I happened to be in town at the time, and witnessed at least 25,000 people marching. It hardly got any mention at all on the TV news that night, just a short clip, and a dismissive piece about "protesters", but it looked pretty big to me.
As others have said, the TPP is only good for big business but our Government is really keen on it, and the opposition can't seem to grasp the advantage they would have if they opposed it properly.
we spend less of our GDP on defense than many other countries...
I thought I would do a quick search to test this, and found this which shows Saudi Arabia, Israel and Russia are the only countries which spend more of their GDP on defense (in 2014 anyway).
I would imagine a fair bit of Israel's spending comes from the $3 billion or so in aid the US sends over each year, and Saudi buys their gear from the US.
There's a lot of money in war.
If they lose it, the replacements won't hesitate to censor everything they can.
They already are in a way. There's another story on this site about how that music streaming site you love is going to go broke because the licensing fees they have to pay make them unprofitable.
That's what a consolidated market with strict IP laws get you.
I'm kind of hoping this comment gets buried because of the flamewar in this thread, but here goes.
I have no sympathy for Facebook really, but in my opinion they should respond in the same way ICANN responded in the next story down
ICANN is neither "required or qualified" to pass judgment in such cases...
Facebook is neither "required or qualified" to be pro-active in seeking out offending content...
In other words, tell them to get stuffed. If Facebook engages with these arseholes, they'll always want more.
I don't think this will happen, as most cargo ships are crewed by slave labour.
Unless Rolls Royce can make this cheaper than the cost of labour, (which is really, really low) the ship owners won't be interested.
This will get buried under all the stupid arguing about the USPS, but if anyone is interested New Zealand Post went to 3 times a week deliveries last year. Seems to work OK, it just means some of the bills that still get mailed to me might arrive a couple of days later.
The company I work for has already ditched the annual raise. Instead we get a "bonus", next year we will be eligible for "up to" a 3.5% "bonus" the following year the "bonus" will be "up to" 5%.
I asked my boss how he scored me 5 on our scoring system which is used to calculate our bonus. He admitted that he didn't do the scoring, and has no idea how the scores work. He also does not know who does do the scoring.
Needless to say I'm not the only person looking for a new job.
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The still nameless planet is believed to be Earth-like and orbits at a distance to Proxima Centauri that could allow it to have liquid water on its surface -- an important requirement for the emergence of life," said the magazine.
Of course it's still nameless stupid. We haven't got there yet to ask the locals what the planet's called.
O is very useful, You use it when you say: Oscar's only Ostrich oiled an orange owl today.
I certainly did not mean mental illness to be name calling. I also have some experience with mental health problems, and understand how difficult it is to treat. Maybe geekmux misunderstood.
maybe her own stupidity...
I'm not going to start name calling like several other posters have, but I can't really see even a stupid person picking up a shotgun and threatening a cop with it. I'm going to go right ahead and assume either meth or untreated mental health problems here.
It is entirely possible I'm wrong and she died because she was stupid, but I don't think so.
Our government is desperate to shut down any talk of the two being linked, but everyone knows they are. China is a huge buyer of our exports, and have no problem using that power.
Has libreoffice fixed the slow load times?
I think it has, I use Libreoffice on Linux Mint on an oldish Dell laptop. It loads pretty well on that.
My son has been using it as his Office Suite for homework on a reasonably good Toshiba laptop and when I ask him if he likes using it he just shrugs and says "It works just as well as anything else". I guess the real problem will be compatibility with MS Office. Microsoft will do their best to make that as hard as they can I would think.
This casts doubt on the entire electoral process in the US.
There is no doubt at all about the electoral system in the US. It is a sham, perpetuated by the moneyed interests who are the only ones to benefit from it. From gerrymandering to media bias, to first past the post electorates your representative democracy no longer represents ordinary voters.
I second (or third) qBittorrent.
Get rid of 100% of the workforce. Just think what that will do for the share price.
Probably, but the point I was making is that a protest that big ought to be news, but was largely ignored.
For instance there was a march through the main street of our largest city last summer, which was held on a Saturday, as most of the protesters had jobs, and were not the usual rent-a-mob crowd.
I happened to be in town at the time, and witnessed at least 25,000 people marching. It hardly got any mention at all on the TV news that night, just a short clip, and a dismissive piece about "protesters", but it looked pretty big to me.
As others have said, the TPP is only good for big business but our Government is really keen on it, and the opposition can't seem to grasp the advantage they would have if they opposed it properly.
The English and Australians spied on American citizens
etc
Hey, hey, don't forget New Zealand, we've got Waihopai
You're welcome.
we spend less of our GDP on defense than many other countries...
I thought I would do a quick search to test this, and found this which shows Saudi Arabia, Israel and Russia are the only countries which spend more of their GDP on defense (in 2014 anyway). I would imagine a fair bit of Israel's spending comes from the $3 billion or so in aid the US sends over each year, and Saudi buys their gear from the US. There's a lot of money in war.
Oracle, Google or lawyers.
Oracle lose a stupid lawsuit, and will probably have to pay a huge amount of money which is good,
to Google, which is not so good,
but a lawyer might be 'sanctioned". If that means losing her license, then great, one less lawyer. It will probably mean don't do it again.
Umm, Linux IS malware by most defintions...etc
Which humourless idiot modded this -1. It's funny as hell.
happy traitors day - you perfidious colonials, so say we all.
Modded down to -1. Americans have no sense of humour. (They also spell humour wrong).
If they lose it, the replacements won't hesitate to censor everything they can.
They already are in a way. There's another story on this site about how that music streaming site you love is going to go broke because the licensing fees they have to pay make them unprofitable. That's what a consolidated market with strict IP laws get you.
ICANN is neither "required or qualified" to pass judgment in such cases...
Facebook is neither "required or qualified" to be pro-active in seeking out offending content...
In other words, tell them to get stuffed. If Facebook engages with these arseholes, they'll always want more.
'Musicmatch Jukebox'
Holy moly! I was tricked into using that for a while. What an awful nightmare. I think it might have come with a Creative music player.
I don't think this will happen, as most cargo ships are crewed by slave labour. Unless Rolls Royce can make this cheaper than the cost of labour, (which is really, really low) the ship owners won't be interested.
iPhone case with flash storage built directly into the case...
Or I can buy a phone with an SD card slot built directly into the phone
You won't need a new phone and you won't need to carry around an extra charging dongle...
No I won't will I?
Since Apple doesn't make expanding your storage with third-party devices easy...
Other phone manufacturers do however, so I'll just buy one of their products.
Without reading TFA or even thinking much about it, I decided that if Ted Cruz proposes it it's probably really stupid.
This will get buried under all the stupid arguing about the USPS, but if anyone is interested New Zealand Post went to 3 times a week deliveries last year. Seems to work OK, it just means some of the bills that still get mailed to me might arrive a couple of days later.
you really want a guy like that in control of the most powerful military on the planet?
The US Military doesn't just rush off to war because the president gives an order.
We don't need a would-be strongman trying to run the country like Putin runs Russia.
The US has balance of powers. No one person can take over the US like Putin has in Russia.
Trump's word doesn't mean anything, he'll say something one day on video and the next day he'll say he never said that.
That's true, so what does he stand for? If he doesn't know, you don't either.
He's a sociopath who will say anything to win or escape that particular moment
That hardly makes him unique in US politics does it?
I asked my boss how he scored me 5 on our scoring system which is used to calculate our bonus. He admitted that he didn't do the scoring, and has no idea how the scores work. He also does not know who does do the scoring.
Needless to say I'm not the only person looking for a new job.