Comment No way! (Score 5, Funny) 62
You mean things available on the internet might be indexed by Google? Holy Cow! I wonder if other search engines also do this "indexing" thing. Mysterious and curious activities for sure, I say.
Comment Re:Or... (Score 1) 148
I wonder why you're friends with him now. Why wait until something bad happens? Regardless, that is the problem with social networking sites. It's not you that's the problem. It's that you have real-life friends that affect your life.
Comment I don't get it (Score 1) 1
I don't understand. How could a name like LAX10205 be an extreme security hazard? Do you have an incredibly precise GPS-guided missile system?
Comment Re:The evidence leading to your conclusion is flaw (Score 1) 7
No, but Lincoln Chafee certainly is...
Lincoln Chafee is *still* in the Senate? Holy Crap!
Comment Vonage? (Score 1) 2
I didn't really have a great experience with Vonage, I switched to Comcast and never, ever had an issue.
Comment Walmart (Score 1) 6
Liberals complain that Walmart sloughs off its employees onto govt. health plans, but now everyone will be (encouraged to be) doing it.
I never really understood Liberal's problem with Walmart and the government health plan issue. You'd think that as far as liberals were concerned, Walmart was just forward thinking. If Liberals got their way, everyone would follow Walmart's lead. Go Obama!
Comment Stuck with Majority choices (Score 1) 14
I suppose if the majority decides they want to elect Obama, there's nothing you can do about it until the next election. Sorry, but that's just the way politics works here.
Comment Re:also see sanctuary cities (Score 1) 71
How does a bogus voter manage to vote?
Liberals defending the ability to vote without photo ID to prove you are who you say you are.
Or maybe that wasn't your question.
Senate Votes To Empower Parents As Censors 418
unlametheweak recommends an Ars Technica report that the US Senate has unanimously passed a bill requiring the FCC to explore what "advanced blocking technologies" are available to parents to help filter out "indecent or objectionable programming." "...the law does focus on empowering parents to take control of new media technologies to deal with undesired content, rather than handing the job over to the government. It asks the FCC to focus the inquiry on blocking systems for a 'wide variety of distribution platforms,' including wireless and Internet, and an array of devices, including DVD players, set top boxes, and wireless applications."
Feed Techdirt: No Shortage Of Ideas... It's Successfully Bringing Them To Market That's Tricky (techdirt.com)
For years, plenty of people have pointed out the difference between innovation and invention, with a popular quote (attributed to way too many different people over the years) being that "invention is turning money into ideas; innovation is turning ideas into money." Basically, invention is coming up with a new idea -- innovation is successfully bringing a product to market in a way that people want. Where some people disagree is how important each of these stages are. Our position has been that innovation is a lot more important than invention. Successfully bringing a product to market is what makes the world a better place -- because it satisfies needs in the market and expands the economy. There were music players before the iPod, but Apple innovated the iPod into more of a "must have" device. There were cars before Ford, but he innovated to make it affordable for the average person. This is one of the reasons why we have such trouble with the patent system as it's currently designed. It rewards invention, but makes innovation more difficult and expensive.
A new study supports this point by showing that in most companies executives are a lot more worried about innovation than invention, saying that they're overwhelmed with ideas. It's successfully executing and putting those ideas into practice in a way that makes money that's so difficult. The study found only 17% of companies where execs were worried about not having the necessary ideas. Instead, most companies were greatly worried with taking those ideas and actually being able to bring them to market successfully. So once again, we're seeing that it's innovation that's the bigger challenge than invention. In fact, it seems that many companies feel that there are too many ideas going around -- and the real challenge is in executing and bringing those ideas successfully to market. So, why is it that our public policy is focused on just the invention process (of which there appears to be too much) while making it more expensive and difficult to execute and bring products to market (which is the real challenge companies are facing)?
A new study supports this point by showing that in most companies executives are a lot more worried about innovation than invention, saying that they're overwhelmed with ideas. It's successfully executing and putting those ideas into practice in a way that makes money that's so difficult. The study found only 17% of companies where execs were worried about not having the necessary ideas. Instead, most companies were greatly worried with taking those ideas and actually being able to bring them to market successfully. So once again, we're seeing that it's innovation that's the bigger challenge than invention. In fact, it seems that many companies feel that there are too many ideas going around -- and the real challenge is in executing and bringing those ideas successfully to market. So, why is it that our public policy is focused on just the invention process (of which there appears to be too much) while making it more expensive and difficult to execute and bring products to market (which is the real challenge companies are facing)?
Journal Journal: Bumper Stickers Notwithstanding.... 1
Despite the incredible number of Kerry-Edwards bumper stickers here the RNC has still chosen the Twin Cities as the site for the 2008 presidential convention. Perhaps the RNC delegation forgot to count bumper stickers after all.
Journal Journal: Intelligent Design? 57
Intelligent design has become a major issue recently. But what is it? It seems that people are quick to attack it. But does anyone know what intelligent design is?
I done a little studying as I have time to learn the science of intelligent design. I am not a science major, so I don't have a background to really understand science. I haven't talked a lot about intelligent design, because I don't really feel comfortable arguing for or against something I don't understand.
Journal Journal: Meth Restrictions Working In Minnesota 10
Well, here's news I'm sure that was unexpected. Apparently, the new Meth Law is working. This is the one that restricts the sale of cold tablets. According to the local paper meth labs are on the decrease. This is indeed good news.
Journal Journal: Please don't forget Cindy Sheehan 10
Cindy Sheehan is on the verge of being forgotten by the media and lefties and cast out like yesterdays garbage. Let's not let that happen.
Journal Journal: Did You Know? 7
Of course I didn't know. How could I?
- Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their embassies in Iraq?
- Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?
- Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq?
