Comment Re:So what they found out? (Score 3, Informative) 76
I read it as the star was dying and it engulfed the planets. Now the star is dead and shrunk back down, and they found some planets are still there.
I read it as the star was dying and it engulfed the planets. Now the star is dead and shrunk back down, and they found some planets are still there.
My sarcasm detector is on the fritz, so I can't tell, but just in case...This is a common MO for car burglars according to Houston PD. They aren't really on the cell phone. They're walking around looking for stuff in cars to steal. Again, it's walking around the parking lot, not walking to or from the parking and store.
According a Houston PD officer in the auto thefts division, the worst place you can put something is on the floor of passenger back seat. That's the first place someone looking to do a smash and grab looks.
Also be aware of someone walking around the parking lot (near cars) that appears to be talking on a cell phone. That's a definite "take it with me or leave" red flag.
It was not meant as condescending, merely as an observation. She didn't even consider one until 3 of her friends got one, then all of a sudden, she HAD to have one. There are numerous other examples.
Everyone has the iPhone," he said.
And perhaps they are looking for the next bright shiny, must have item. If everyone has one, it isn't as special anymore. Fads come and go.
Now whether or not the iphone IS a fad is another question I'll not try to answer. Personally, I've played with my wife's iphone and just can't see why people are so crazy about them. Overpriced and not very flexible IMHO. But maybe it's peer pressure. I've always been rather resistant to it, while my wife is at the other end of the spectrum.
Having worked in Texas elections, I can tell you this isn't really true, at least in Texas. While you can write any name you want, only names on the list of write-in candidates will be counted. So if you write in Mickey Mouse, and he's not on the list, that vote won't be counted.
While I like, and use, Sumatra myself, anyone thinking to replace Adobe with it should be warned it does NOT contain a browser plug-in for reading PDFs. Some sites (*cough*State of Texas*cough*) are coded so they don't work right if you lack the plug-in.
...Of course if you've got No-script or Ad Block, you're probably fine...
Ad Block I love (actually adblock plus), but I've tried No-Script and don't have it any more. It's a great idea, but for most people, it's just too much work. Too many sites don't work properly without javascript. It's stupid and it's wrong, but that's the reality on the web. You wind up just disabling no-script before too long because yet another site doesn't work properly and you're tired of making an exception for every site, or in my case, get tired of the [quite understandable] complaints.
True, for now. The danger is Congress hasn't truly represented the people for quite some time, and instead represents those with money. This means those with money, like the RIAA, can have the law changed. That's the real danger.
I remember watching a show, Penn and Teller IIRC, where they stated the states with the highest porn consumption had the lowest rates of sexual assault, and the states with the lowest porn consumption had highest rates of sexual assault. They did admit that this isn't proof the two are related, but you have to wonder.
If looking at child porn prevents someone from actually hurting a child, then while the production of the porn was a bad thing, some good can come out of that act. And if some good can come out of it, should we stop the distribution? Punish the producers yes, the ones doing real, physical harm. But is it right to needlessly endanger another child?
I'm beginning to think it is something like organ donation. The best organ donors are young, healthy people who should, by all rights, still be alive. They are the ones killed by accident or crime. If it's a crime, the criminal is (or should be) punished, but the fruits of that crime, usable organs, are not illegal to donate to help save the lives of others.
And how do they get experience when no one wants to employ them? I speak from personal experience. I have both a BS (U of MD) and a Masters (Texas A&M) in Chemical Engineering, and I graduated (both times) to unemployement. I must have sent out close to 1500 resumes. Got 3 interviews and didn't get hired for any of them. Did some time working in law enforcement, and now am underemployed as a computer tech. My degrees were worthless. Part of that was the economy when I graduated, and a large part of it was my school's placement offices sucked. For my BS, only 6 out of 22 had job offers, and at least 1 was as a salesman, not an engineer.
I currently have a neighbor in the same boat. He has a BS in Chem. Engr and works as a DBA because he couldn't get a job in engineering too. He's already told me he doesn't want either of his kids going into engineering. The job market sucks.
We don't have a shortage. We merely need to give the ones we have an opportunity.
I like the quote: "...Starz, in a statement, called its decision "a result of our strategy to protect the premium nature of our brand by preserving the appropriate pricing and packaging" of its content...". Translation: We think we can gouge Netflix now that they are big enough and if we pull our content, then people with just buy it elsewhere. Piracy doesn't exist.
I can't help but wonder if this is just hard-ball negotiating tactics and as Feb 28 approaches, some deal will reached.
More like they think they are above the law, and to a large degree, they are correct.
I applaud your windmill tilting skills.
It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.- E. Debs
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