There is always hope. Bush, in my opinion, isn't the problem though. He is just a figure head. By the time the U.S. gets its act together to sort out its government, all the multinationals will have the U.S. owning so much money that the U.S. will have its hands tied if it tries to move against them. They can, after all, just move offshore.
Hate to say it fella, but the U.S. seems to be a long way down the slippery slope already. If you are still a major power in twenty years time, I will be amazed.
"Google is blanketing its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters with 9,212 solar panels, enough to light 1,000 homes."
The numbers are a bit funny though. Nine solar panels to a home, just to light it? We have two solar panels that light our home, power the stereo, the lappy, and run the fridge/freezer. The major problem we have is not the solar panels, it's the batteries.
Oh, you have been listening to Roger Waters as well?
The monkey sat on a pile of stones And stared at the broken bone in his hand And the stains of a Viennese quartet Rang out across the land The monkey looked up at the stars And thought to himself Memory is a stranger History is for fools And he cleaned his hands In a pool of holy writing Turned his back on the garden And set out for the nearest town Hold on hold on soldier When you add it all up The tears and the marrowbone There's an ounce of gold And an ounce of pride in each ledger And the Germans killed the Jews And the Jews killed the Arabs And the Arabs killed the hostages And that is the news And is it any wonder That the monkey's confused He said Mama Mama The President's a fool Why do I have to keep reading These technical manuals And the joint chiefs of staff And the brokers on Wall Street said Don't make us laugh You're a smart kid Time is linear Memory is a stranger History is for fools Man is a tool in the hands Of the great God Almighty And they gave him command Of a nuclear submarine And sent him back in search of The Garden of Eden
"Now once your waste water leaves your house and enters the pipes, it's no longer your property, right?"
I always disliked this. I do pay (taxes, rates, etc) to have it removed. If the government insists that it is theirs, then can I please have a rebate on one lifetime of sewerage?
"Meth heads don't do less drugs during the work week, I wonder if that has something to do with them not having jobs."
They do have to pay for all that methamphetamine you know. I think you would find that lots of your hardest workers in high paying jobs are actually methamphetamine users. Probably a lot of police, doctors, etc...as well.
"If the copyright system worked like the patent system (requires novelty and expires in a reasonable amount of time (~5 years)) then we'd be living in a much better world."
It would certainly stop english teachers from saying there is only really one story.
"It appears to my layman's eyes that decoupling the engine from the drive train could be a very bad idea if nuclear war were to break out..." ..............wtf?
Usually, they try and get you on the next flight. There have been a couple of times (in NZ) where people have ended up having to wait a couple of hours and missed funerals, meetings, etc.......but I have never heard of people being refunded.
"And if the US hadn't been fighting Nazism and Communism in Europe the last 60 years, there'd be no Holland."
And if the English hadn't been so worried about France, there would have been no America. So they are French Fries, and this has nothing to do with Hollandaise sauce!:)
"And for those who don't believe in evolution, but want to invoke god"
If you really want to deal with Christians, get them to read the Bible, wait until they get to the end of it and ask them,"If you really believe in god, why aren't you trying to create a weapon to destroy him?" I base this on god being a right asshole (old testament), changing his mind (new), and then wiping us out anyway (revelation). If your father in law abused your wife as a child, was nice to her during her teens, and then was going to kill her in her twenties, what would you do?
"Yeah. A bit off base. First of all, demand by itself does *NOT* determine price. There's a huge demand for water, and yet it's not very expensive."
I get the feeling you constantly wonder why people think the west is rich. There is a huge demand for water all over the world. The problem is that people need fresh water to live and as such our governments took the water as a public resource. This is changing.
If you really want to know the true value of water, go without it for a couple of days and then see how much you will give to get some. I would estimate that on the third day you would give all you own to have a liter. You have to remember that you are in the top two percent of the world population by accident of birth, and thus very removed from the reality of simply trying to stay alive.
"Worse, popups opened this way are really evil, because they can be sized to cover the whole desktop (the wet dream of any phisher) and cannot be closed by user (the wet dream of any web advertiser)."
On the bright side, do I now have a security reason to install compiz, as I can just rotate to a new desktop to close down Java?
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As they have been before?
"does god levy 'taxes' ?"
Yes. He taxes your free will as a retirement fund.
Yes. The information is that you can go that far. We assume that you can. Until we try it, we don't know.
Yes, you can imagine it.
"I bought what! 10,000 hectares of dust and thirty horse's with the flu?"
There is always hope. Bush, in my opinion, isn't the problem though. He is just a figure head. By the time the U.S. gets its act together to sort out its government, all the multinationals will have the U.S. owning so much money that the U.S. will have its hands tied if it tries to move against them. They can, after all, just move offshore.
Hate to say it fella, but the U.S. seems to be a long way down the slippery slope already. If you are still a major power in twenty years time, I will be amazed.
"Google is blanketing its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters with 9,212 solar panels, enough to light 1,000 homes."
The numbers are a bit funny though. Nine solar panels to a home, just to light it? We have two solar panels that light our home, power the stereo, the lappy, and run the fridge/freezer. The major problem we have is not the solar panels, it's the batteries.
Oh, you have been listening to Roger Waters as well?
The monkey sat on a pile of stones
And stared at the broken bone in his hand
And the stains of a Viennese quartet
Rang out across the land
The monkey looked up at the stars
And thought to himself
Memory is a stranger
History is for fools
And he cleaned his hands
In a pool of holy writing
Turned his back on the garden
And set out for the nearest town
Hold on hold on soldier
When you add it all up
The tears and the marrowbone
There's an ounce of gold
And an ounce of pride in each ledger
And the Germans killed the Jews
And the Jews killed the Arabs
And the Arabs killed the hostages
And that is the news
And is it any wonder
That the monkey's confused
He said Mama Mama
The President's a fool
Why do I have to keep reading
These technical manuals
And the joint chiefs of staff
And the brokers on Wall Street said
Don't make us laugh
You're a smart kid
Time is linear
Memory is a stranger
History is for fools
Man is a tool in the hands
Of the great God Almighty
And they gave him command
Of a nuclear submarine
And sent him back in search of
The Garden of Eden
"Now once your waste water leaves your house and enters the pipes, it's no longer your property, right?"
I always disliked this. I do pay (taxes, rates, etc) to have it removed. If the government insists that it is theirs, then can I please have a rebate on one lifetime of sewerage?
"Meth heads don't do less drugs during the work week, I wonder if that has something to do with them not having jobs."
They do have to pay for all that methamphetamine you know. I think you would find that lots of your hardest workers in high paying jobs are actually methamphetamine users. Probably a lot of police, doctors, etc...as well.
"Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away P? M?"
Please Mummy?
"If the copyright system worked like the patent system (requires novelty and expires in a reasonable amount of time (~5 years)) then we'd be living in a much better world."
It would certainly stop english teachers from saying there is only really one story.
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There. Fixed that.
"It appears to my layman's eyes that decoupling the engine from the drive train could be a very bad idea if nuclear war were to break out..."
..............wtf?
"Everyone should paint messages on their roof."
668, Neighbor of the beast.
You forget that a bombing is a fairly small crime in the larger scheme of things. The really big crimes are committed by governments.
Usually, they try and get you on the next flight. There have been a couple of times (in NZ) where people have ended up having to wait a couple of hours and missed funerals, meetings, etc.......but I have never heard of people being refunded.
"And if the US hadn't been fighting Nazism and Communism in Europe the last 60 years, there'd be no Holland."
:)
And if the English hadn't been so worried about France, there would have been no America. So they are French Fries, and this has nothing to do with Hollandaise sauce!
"That would be called "fraud" in any industry other than telecom."
Airlines come to mind. They can oversell seats on a plane.
"And for those who don't believe in evolution, but want to invoke god"
If you really want to deal with Christians, get them to read the Bible, wait until they get to the end of it and ask them,"If you really believe in god, why aren't you trying to create a weapon to destroy him?" I base this on god being a right asshole (old testament), changing his mind (new), and then wiping us out anyway (revelation). If your father in law abused your wife as a child, was nice to her during her teens, and then was going to kill her in her twenties, what would you do?
Or at least one where I can have a different resolution on the second monitor. Currently, that has me f****d.
"i'd go without a cell phone before i'd let myself be tracked like that everywhere i go."
Welcome to no cellphone land then. Your phone already tracks where you are.
"Yeah. A bit off base. First of all, demand by itself does *NOT* determine price. There's a huge demand for water, and yet it's not very expensive."
I get the feeling you constantly wonder why people think the west is rich. There is a huge demand for water all over the world. The problem is that people need fresh water to live and as such our governments took the water as a public resource. This is changing.
If you really want to know the true value of water, go without it for a couple of days and then see how much you will give to get some. I would estimate that on the third day you would give all you own to have a liter. You have to remember that you are in the top two percent of the world population by accident of birth, and thus very removed from the reality of simply trying to stay alive.
I was assuming that would be a side effect of separation of business and state. It seems to be a natural progression to me, but it is an assumption.
"Worse, popups opened this way are really evil, because they can be sized to cover the whole desktop (the wet dream of any phisher) and cannot be closed by user (the wet dream of any web advertiser)."
On the bright side, do I now have a security reason to install compiz, as I can just rotate to a new desktop to close down Java?