Not sure if any kind of pornography or other forms of free speech should be censored; once you start the process, there's no stopping.
On the other hand, producing or sponsoring sick materials involving children, rape, etc. might very well deserve an execution, or life imprisonment at least...
Not the point. The fix would probably be available within minutes if the source code were open. Plus, a more rigorous review would have been triggered to make sure there aren't more errors of the same type...
With Microsoft, we will be waiting for days before they even notice it...
As such, their product stands unusable, possibly for weeks. And there is nothing we can do about it, not even sue for lost profits or damages.
I am pretty sure those that bought Office at an academic/company discount would also not be able to return it.
I don't mean to come acress as a sexist here, but I feel that men either don't stress as much, or are better at dealing with it/hiding it, while women tend to become noticably wrecked under stress.
Well, exposing things to to oxygen might make them oxidized... Happens all the time with pyrite mines around here, see this article for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_mine_drainage
So yeah, mixing things up and letting in water and air will cause all sorts of chemical reactions...
Yeah, I guess if you absolutely need the two-in-one functionality, then the PDA/BT phone combo will not work.
If you don't mind carrying an extra device in your pocket, then you can also get at least double the iPhone screen size, a proper PDF viewer, an opensource movie player, VNC client, HP49 hardware emulator, c compiler, etc.
And despite the FUD you might hear, even a three year old Palm like T5 will play movies full-screen (at 480x320) without any problems.
Already illegal in some states. For example see Florida's XLVI c876.12 to.15:
876.15 Wearing mask, hood, or other device at demonstration or meeting.
--No person or persons over 16 years of age, shall, while wearing a mask, hood, or device whereby any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer, hold any manner of meeting, make any demonstration upon the private property of another unless such person or persons shall have first obtained from the owner or occupier of the property his or her written permission to so do.
And, frankly, I have no problem with non-citizens who are detained by the US being denied the rights of citizens. I would rethink that: the same people that can detain you are now allowed to decide whether you are a citizen. Your citizenship will not protect you if they make a mistake for whatever reason; there will be nobody to appeal to!
Most people don't understand just how scary this is: the Feds can -right now- arrest anyone anywhere, in secret, and keep them locked up forever. They don't have to tell anybody about it, they don't have to give you your phonecall, they don't have to let you out, ever. All this they can do by signing a paper that says that, to the best of their knowledge, you are not a citizen. Oh, and that paper does not have to be filed or shown to anybody; they can shred it the moment they sign it...
That's why Antigua and Barbuda has asked the WTO to impose penal tariffs on U.S. products in retailiation, namely allowing all citizens of A&B to copy and redistribute Hollywood content for free.
The store owners are not entitled to my money; if they decide not to offer what I want at the prices I want, it's their business decision. If this business decision drives them out of business, so be it.
Well, perhaps giving some additional funds (on top of whatever we have now) for female-only scholarships/fellowships might not hurt, in the same way that throwing extra money at a problem never hurts...
But that's not really what they are proposing, is it?
Thanks to Senator Kennedy (D-MA) and his 'leadership' 40 years ago, the only two ways for a skilled foreigner to work in this country is to either marry a citizen, or wage-slave for 6+ years as an H1-B.
Common sense, perhaps? About 10% are brown-skinned minorities of some kind, and they are quite vocal about their fear of the police (you hear about "driving while black" and things like that all the time).
Then perhaps another 5% of the population have questional immigration status (or have close relatives that do) so they are probably scared of most "la migra" type authorities, police included.
Then add up all the people with criminal records (given the current prison population sitting at a 0.7% level, that could be another 5% of the population).
So assuming that these three groups don't overlap, that makes for about 20% of the citizenry that are afraid of the police. One in five is way too much for a free country, don't you think?
It's the Air Force that should be pissed. They have paid a billion for the first 27 iPods, while those that waited bought theirs for $300... AF should demand a store credit!
I would imagine Ivy League would have a lot of celebrity-like professors ad-libbing the material for their next book, then asking exam questions on it?
Or perhaps socratic format of teaching so liked by the leftist professors there (where if you fall behind on the dialog, you are lost)?
Or perhaps because the class sizes of into. humanities at Ivy League are so large, the lecturers so unapproachable, and the grading so tough that having a complete transcript of the class material gives you a little extra advantage?
Of course, a lot of the better students at Ivy League actually pay others to do their work, so neither of that might be an issue...
Nono. The legitimate scholars (sic) claim that the videos are shot in a studio, and doctored so badly they had to be 'disappeared' to remove such proof. Google "missing apollo tapes" or click http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/13/1654200&from=rss if you care.
The net music/video store is their reason for trying to lock out the competitors. Real, Napster, Walmart downloads (all of which are also cheaper than Apple) would love to get access to iPodders' cash...
Locking down iPod also forces the music companies to cooperate with Apple: refuse to bend over, and you are locked out of a huge customer base (probably tens of millions of iPod users by now).
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Not sure if any kind of pornography or other forms of free speech should be censored; once you start the process, there's no stopping.
On the other hand, producing or sponsoring sick materials involving children, rape, etc. might very well deserve an execution, or life imprisonment at least...
Not the point. The fix would probably be available within minutes if the source code were open. Plus, a more rigorous review would have been triggered to make sure there aren't more errors of the same type...
With Microsoft, we will be waiting for days before they even notice it...
As such, their product stands unusable, possibly for weeks. And there is nothing we can do about it, not even sue for lost profits or damages.
I am pretty sure those that bought Office at an academic/company discount would also not be able to return it.
Stress is a huge problem for women.
I don't mean to come acress as a sexist here, but I feel that men either don't stress as much, or are better at dealing with it/hiding it, while women tend to become noticably wrecked under stress.
Well, exposing things to to oxygen might make them oxidized... Happens all the time with pyrite mines around here, see this article for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_mine_drainage
So yeah, mixing things up and letting in water and air will cause all sorts of chemical reactions...
Yeah, I guess if you absolutely need the two-in-one functionality, then the PDA/BT phone combo will not work.
If you don't mind carrying an extra device in your pocket, then you can also get at least double the iPhone screen size, a proper PDF viewer, an opensource movie player, VNC client, HP49 hardware emulator, c compiler, etc.
And despite the FUD you might hear, even a three year old Palm like T5 will play movies full-screen (at 480x320) without any problems.
But, then, I can spell already...)
No you can't.
If you want all this, why don't you get a Palm PDA? It'll end up being cheaper, too.
And, frankly, I have no problem with non-citizens who are detained by the US being denied the rights of citizens.
I would rethink that: the same people that can detain you are now allowed to decide whether you are a citizen. Your citizenship will not protect you if they make a mistake for whatever reason; there will be nobody to appeal to!
Most people don't understand just how scary this is: the Feds can -right now- arrest anyone anywhere, in secret, and keep them locked up forever. They don't have to tell anybody about it, they don't have to give you your phonecall, they don't have to let you out, ever. All this they can do by signing a paper that says that, to the best of their knowledge, you are not a citizen. Oh, and that paper does not have to be filed or shown to anybody; they can shred it the moment they sign it...
And this is wrong how?
The store owners are not entitled to my money; if they decide not to offer what I want at the prices I want, it's their business decision. If this business decision drives them out of business, so be it.
Well, perhaps giving some additional funds (on top of whatever we have now) for female-only scholarships/fellowships might not hurt, in the same way that throwing extra money at a problem never hurts...
But that's not really what they are proposing, is it?
Thanks to Senator Kennedy (D-MA) and his 'leadership' 40 years ago, the only two ways for a skilled foreigner to work in this country is to either marry a citizen, or wage-slave for 6+ years as an H1-B.
I for one cannot thank Ted enough...
While you are at it, please check what happens to exposed corneas in your eyes (or at least the topmost 1/64th of it).
With any luck, it'll coaggulate and turn opaque, so the police won't need to use blindfolds on the protesters.
With even more luck, it'll stay that way forever...
Common sense, perhaps? About 10% are brown-skinned minorities of some kind, and they are quite vocal about their fear of the police (you hear about "driving while black" and things like that all the time).
Then perhaps another 5% of the population have questional immigration status (or have close relatives that do) so they are probably scared of most "la migra" type authorities, police included.
Then add up all the people with criminal records (given the current prison population sitting at a 0.7% level, that could be another 5% of the population).
So assuming that these three groups don't overlap, that makes for about 20% of the citizenry that are afraid of the police. One in five is way too much for a free country, don't you think?
I am sorry, wrong link (I need to learn to use Klipper properly):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_and_Contra's_cocaine_trafficking_in_the_US
Thanks for pointing this out.
This wiki article has some credible references (AP and others) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_drug_trafficking
Someone please post the ascii goatse already...
It's the Air Force that should be pissed. They have paid a billion for the first 27 iPods, while those that waited bought theirs for $300... AF should demand a store credit!
I guess I misunderstood what GP meant by 'bullshit' in 15 articles in 6 years is bullshit.
Thanks
Actually, 15 articles in 6 years can be pretty good for a biologist. For some fields that's about the best you can possibly do.
You liberal fanboys just don't know when to quit, do you?
Here people come to read about SCO's accountants and have to view your santorian drivel denigrating our soldiers.
I would imagine Ivy League would have a lot of celebrity-like professors ad-libbing the material for their next book, then asking exam questions on it?
Or perhaps socratic format of teaching so liked by the leftist professors there (where if you fall behind on the dialog, you are lost)?
Or perhaps because the class sizes of into. humanities at Ivy League are so large, the lecturers so unapproachable, and the grading so tough that having a complete transcript of the class material gives you a little extra advantage?
Of course, a lot of the better students at Ivy League actually pay others to do their work, so neither of that might be an issue...
Nono. The legitimate scholars (sic) claim that the videos are shot in a studio, and doctored so badly they had to be 'disappeared' to remove such proof. Google "missing apollo tapes" or click http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/13/1654200&from=rss if you care.
The robots (presumably such as this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_1 ) are the ones that collected the samples that were brought back...
Nobody is asking you to believe there was a conspiracy, so you don't need to set up straw-men to fight it.
The net music/video store is their reason for trying to lock out the competitors. Real, Napster, Walmart downloads (all of which are also cheaper than Apple) would love to get access to iPodders' cash...
Locking down iPod also forces the music companies to cooperate with Apple: refuse to bend over, and you are locked out of a huge customer base (probably tens of millions of iPod users by now).