Comment US not first into space (Score 1) 600
The Soviets had scientific prowess ?
If you're American, congratulations on being a citizen of the second space-faring country. Guess which country was first?
If you're American, congratulations on being a citizen of the second space-faring country. Guess which country was first?
Russian economic growth -- and Putin's growing reputation -- happened long before $150/barrel oil. The high price lasted only a few months anyhow.
For now. In time, even a "high end" business computer will cost less than $100. That is when Microsoft will really start sweating.
I've always thought that the warrantless wiretapping was one means by which Bush kept Congress so thoroughly cowed, even when the Democrats were in charge of it. By means of all that snooping, Bush probably had the dirt on practically all the key members of the House and Senate, which gave him unholy amounts of leverage over them. (Remember what happened to Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who was brought down by a wiretap.)
The scary thing is, Bush and Cheney probably still have a lot of that leverage, and they may exercise their power in some truly ugly ways in the future. That power may also explain why the pair seem so mellow about the possibility of being prosecuted for their multiple crimes against the Constitution: they don't think Congress will dare.
The people that Bush and Cheney are currently blackmailing must retire, or be forced to retire by the voters. Americans will never get their government back until there is a total generational change in Congress.
The problem with your theory is that Microsoft has not denounced, disowned, or otherwise punished the people who corrupted the ISO committee. So we can all be pretty sure that the subversion of the OOXML committee had approval from the highest levels of the company and wasn't merely the work of a few "idiots" there. Corruption is normal at Microsoft.
So I wouldn't pass judgement on octopus personality until somebody compares younger octopuses to older ones.
Not necessarily. Titan is much colder than Mars, so the molecules of the Titanian atmosphere are much less likely to acquire the kinetic energy to escape into space.
If there aren't many changes, why don't they call it Vista SP2?
My guess at the answer: Vista is a toxic brand already, so Microsoft hopes to fool people into thinking that Windows 7 is substantially different.
Immunity wouldn't be needed in a libertarian state because the telecoms would be free to snoop on anybody they wished.
If you want to put yourself on the map, publish your own map.
