>During the labor unrest of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, businessmen hired the Pinkerton Agency to infiltrate unions, to supply guards to keep strikers and suspected unionists out of factories, and sometimes to recruit goon squads to intimidate workers.

Great example ...

Looks like it was last updated in '09, what's the over/under on that not being current with the production code?

The point is a declaration of war and a state of war IS an anachronism to the point that summary execution during wartime isn't done because there is no war time anymore, there are extended military actions under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, usually, but not always, accompanied by a UN Security Council Resolution. So just like declaration of war is an anachronism, so is summary execution during wartime is an anachronism.

Trying to use a semantics argument against a legal framework argument by saying that semantics don't matter, except in the case where the semantics say you get to feel justified by ending another human beings life (a fellow American citizen, no less) is also completely irrational and held only by clueless, non-worldly people who can't muster the energy and attention span to actually understand consequences.

MS has been frequently under 30 a share since about 2002, and besides a dividend payout of about 2.5% (which didn't start until 2003 after their last 2:1 split, and was much less than 2.5%, though the dividend is growing every quarter), there has been really no growth of the stock, which means investing in Microsoft is barely fighting inflation off. The share price might not be in decline but there has been no reason to invest in them since the 90's, except to buy it up in '09, along with every other company that had a real product and could reasonably survive the crash.

Mining for Helium-3 for the also underfunded, and therefor non-existent, fusion projects.

A smaller gravity well launchpad for said robotic probes.

The technological breakthroughs that would come with trying to sustain life long term in a harsh unforgiving environment.

That sounds scalable. /sarcasm

The big thing all these leaks really proves is that there are too many secrets and the US govt's clearance and need to know mechanisms are wholly broken. Some info really does need to be secret, but instead of vetting everything its just way easier to sweep it all under the its a secret rug and call it a day.

Just another pentagon project to treat the symptoms and totally disregard the main cause.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie

One hundred years later and I still fall for this marketing ploy. Color me embarrassed ...

Probably because he's a smart guy that made more money than he knows what to do with and is trying to save is legacy Dale Carnegie style by educating himself on many of man kinds most daunting challenges and attempting to solve them. But don't let that stop you from hating on him for bundling IE with Windows 95 almost 20 years ago or whatever somesuch you need to still hate on the guy for.

I am tired of the shills and astroturfers - they're always very obvious, you just have to leave them to be moderated by others and moderate up other people or at least people who CALL THEM on it.

Unfortunately I wouldn't be surprised if they work together to acquire karma - one person shills, another calls that shill out and then uses his mod points later to get a firstish shill post with high score.

The key is to check the user ID and the history before modding ANYONE.

We can't just give up - I don't see the alternatives right now...

Yes, the future of slashdot stories are links to reddit comments. Truly a frightening visage.

I forgot to clarify that when you start adding the dry ingredients (cocoa, sugar and flour) you should take the saucepan off the heat.

I agree with you.

Just thought I'd share my ultimate brownie recipe with you. Take a saucepan and start melting real butter (125g) and chocolate (185g) and melt on a low heat. Then add 50g flour, 40g Cocoa and 275g sugar. Stir into mixture and then add three eggs. Pour into a greased or papred tin and place in oven for about 25 minutes and they're delicious. They're not to dense or light and they are rich but not overpowering.

You can also mix in chocolate chunks or nuts to make it even nicer.

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