One of the few good things Obama did was to encourage private sector companies to start taking up the slack that NASA was going to be faced with since their fundings been cut. Profit is what will drive innovation. Sci-Fi author Stephen Baxter along with a respected scientists have estimated that a smaller asteroid composed of nickle and other metals would be worth 3 trillion or more along with volatile organics etc. That kind of money is going to drive some pretty serious efforts and should cut through a lot of the red-tape and ego that comes with government funding. NASA has a place but the real meaty stuff will be performed by private citizens.
it's easy to Monday morning quarterback over how TSA and homeland security is supposed to address the issue but the fact is that theres no easy answers.
The minute you start putting "exceptions" in regards to who gets the full treatment and who doesn't then that weakness could possibly be exploited.
I know its fun to mock what we all perceive as overzealous TSA people but they are acting on orders from higher-ups. There's also the fact that if someone WERE to smuggle some kind of device via one of these "exceptions" (and you KNOW extremists will justify any sick method as long as they are doing Allah's bidding) and it went off the same people mocking would have plenty to say about how incompetent the system and employees are.
You can't have it both ways. Either everyone is screened or none of us are and we take our chances.
It's essentially the same for videogame retailers. They are left with zero margins on sales of new game hence the used game sections. Unfortunately MS requires vendors who want to sell consoles and new games to abide by draconian corporate BS. How do companies expect them to pull in revenue?
what would the headlines say if a pilot or flight attendant blew up a bomb they carried on board to make a political statement and found they weren't subject to scans like everyone else?
either everyone gets the search or the system is pointless. I can't see how this can even be open for debate.
....we are obligated by law to protect our trademarks or we are at risk of losing them."
can someone PLEASE explain to me WHY this is so? This seems to be the basis of most of the asinine "trademark" lawsuits. It seems to me you should either have protection for "X" amount of years or you don't. Maybe I'm being far too simplistic but I would guess that if things were better defined it would cut out many frivolous lawsuits, no?
My ex turned me on to Panera Bread. Big mistake. I ended up eating there nearly 7 days a week for awhile and gained 20lbs. Nothing better than a loaf of fresh warm bread, real butter and a bowl of mushroom soup to dip it into. mmmmmm
Oh FFS's Mike take a deep breath. I think Schmidt was simply being glib about the overwrought whining of conspiracy theorists and the anti-Google brigade.
Everything to these people is a "slippery slope" and I believe Schmidt is simply looking to point out how ridiculous their concerns are.
If he WASN'T being a smartass I'd think those around him (and shareholders) would have him carted off to the nervous hospital long ago.
My dad was a radio operator on a bomber during WW2 operating out of the South Pacific theater. he was always into radio, ham, shortwave, etc.
When the Walkman came out and I heard the level of fidelity that these tiny (tiny for that era) earphones produced I know I had to buy one for my Dad. I couldn't afford the cassette version so I bought the AM/FM one. He was utterly beside him self when he first listened to it. That little radio never left his side. He passed in '92 and it was a no-brainer to place it with him in his resting place (with extra batteries of course).
Anyhow, that's my fond memory of Sony's amazing little product.
"A piece of music is a valuable form of art. If you want the person to respect it and value it, it's got to cost them not a huge sum of money but a significant sum of money."
This how we have been conditioned to think. How about we stop it?
In the games industry, Asian MMO's are nearly ALL free to play with micro-transactions supporting the game. This model is only now starting to make inroads in the west but people here DO tend to turn their noses up at some free products.
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What I WILL comment on is who had the talent.
Listen to the shiite that is Chinese Democracy and then go listen to Slash's latest solo work.
Thats all I'm sayin'......
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Take a Cialis before going on your flight and make sure the TSA guy gets to feel a pounding erection while you groan as if you're enjoying it.
So much the better if its a female.
Also, eating gassy foods and creating a noxious gas cloud while TSA is down feeling your ankles is another win-win situation.
get lemons, make lemonade.
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Re: Why does age matter?
it's easy to Monday morning quarterback over how TSA and homeland security is supposed to address the issue but the fact is that theres no easy answers.
The minute you start putting "exceptions" in regards to who gets the full treatment and who doesn't then that weakness could possibly be exploited.
I know its fun to mock what we all perceive as overzealous TSA people but they are acting on orders from higher-ups. There's also the fact that if someone WERE to smuggle some kind of device via one of these "exceptions" (and you KNOW extremists will justify any sick method as long as they are doing Allah's bidding) and it went off the same people mocking would have plenty to say about how incompetent the system and employees are.
You can't have it both ways. Either everyone is screened or none of us are and we take our chances.
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Re: But that is the movie studios doing..
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either everyone gets the search or the system is pointless. I can't see how this can even be open for debate.
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I honestly wish political grandstanding would be considered a criminal dereliction of duty for a public servant. it's sickening.
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can someone PLEASE explain to me WHY this is so? This seems to be the basis of most of the asinine "trademark" lawsuits. It seems to me you should either have protection for "X" amount of years or you don't. Maybe I'm being far too simplistic but I would guess that if things were better defined it would cut out many frivolous lawsuits, no?
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uh...ok.....what was this about again now?
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Everything to these people is a "slippery slope" and I believe Schmidt is simply looking to point out how ridiculous their concerns are.
If he WASN'T being a smartass I'd think those around him (and shareholders) would have him carted off to the nervous hospital long ago.
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When the Walkman came out and I heard the level of fidelity that these tiny (tiny for that era) earphones produced I know I had to buy one for my Dad. I couldn't afford the cassette version so I bought the AM/FM one. He was utterly beside him self when he first listened to it. That little radio never left his side. He passed in '92 and it was a no-brainer to place it with him in his resting place (with extra batteries of course).
Anyhow, that's my fond memory of Sony's amazing little product.
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This idiot deserves everything that /b/ does to him
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This how we have been conditioned to think. How about we stop it?
In the games industry, Asian MMO's are nearly ALL free to play with micro-transactions supporting the game. This model is only now starting to make inroads in the west but people here DO tend to turn their noses up at some free products.
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