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And I think you are missing the point too.

A hypothesis is little more then an educated guess based around assumptions that may not be well supported until it's been disproved. Someone can relate to evens or emotions and hypothesize something but that doesn't mean it's scientific as science doesn't own the word hypothesis.

What makes it scientific is applying the scientific principles of testing on it. If something in the hypothesis can't be tested, it can't be scientific.

First step: get this put in for "DWI convicted" people.

Second step: get them made mandatory in all cars.

The prohibition assholes didn't give up when the 21st Amendment was passed to repeal Prohibition. They just wandered right in with "Blue Laws" and other assholish restrictions such as massive regulation on what alcohol can be imported (did you know you can't get any beer from Wisconsin imported into Texas unless you pass it through a national distributor in some other state like Colorado? Seems Texans are mighty uppity about their shitty-tasting mexican-style swill beers) or at what time of day on what day of the week it can be sold.

The "mandatory minimum 21 drinking age" - so you can fight and die and vote for your country at 18, but don't you dare taste even a drop of beer before 21 - was yet another of their little bits of insanity.

This is simply the next step. The goal is to make it so damn hard to sit down and enjoy a glass of wine with dinner, or a couple beers with your bowling buddies (mmm, beer and Wii Bowling, good times), that prohibition is effectively back in even though it's been repealed.

And you can thank the fucking religious fundamentalists for that.

...regarding seizures, and apparently little used, excusable homicide would appear to fit the bill - http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Excusable+homicide. This indicates culpability but lack of ability to alter the situation.

At first I read that as "Unisex Security Symposium" and wondered why they would have a technical symposium for only one gender.

I don't think unisex means what you think it means:

adj.
1. Designed for or suitable to both sexes: unisex clothing; unisex hairstyles.
2. Not distinguished or distinguishable on the basis of sex; androgynous in appearance: cultivated a unisex look.
n.
Elimination or absence of sexual distinctions, especially in dress.

...if you can call what AT&T and Verizon do 'service'...

I dunno, from reading around here they seem to "service" (definition 12) their customers quite well...

which is why everything the police do is completely transparent and open to the public.

Just to be clear, you are saying in this instance it's OK "because other people are doing it".

And you fully approve of people like the police not being transparent too as a result..

I invite you to consider a word definition that may be of some relevance to you since I doubt you truly hold that stance on the police in general being closed.

I didn't just make it up, actually. Here, I'll save you the trouble of Googling for the definition of ever yourself.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ever
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ever
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ever

Please notice the definition "at any time" and "at all". At any time means past, present and future. Does the word "ever" always mean this definition by default? No, but context clues were not provided for any other definition.

While Linux is encumbered by the SCO mess, except related to copyrights and ownership of codes, . . .

Have you not been paying attention or do you not understand what encumbered means?
SCO owns nothing, even it Unix copyrights could encumber Linux. (hint: nobody has found any reasonable evidence of Linux infringement of Unix copyrights)

Saddos: Brit slang a socially inadequate or pathetic person.

In his April speech outlining NASA's future, President Obama said there would be $3.1 billion for the development of a new heavy lift rocket to fly manned and unmanned spaceflights into deep space. Obama said he wanted this technologically advanced rocket to be designed and ready to build by 2015

Funny. I always thought "deep space" was like "other star systems". So I looked it up.

One definition: any region of outer space beyond the system of the earth and moon

And another: space beyond the limits of the solar system

I'm guessing he meant the former definition since it's such a short timeframe.
Just thought I'd share!

can't be arsed to find where I got the previous one (I think it was google's own "online dictionary"), but here is another one that fits : 2. (tr) Slang chiefly Brit to ruin, complicate, or frustrate :P

The same principal applies to taking photo's of someone without their consent. If you point a video camera into someone's home, you aren't physically entering it, but you would be held liable under the law in any case. There is precedent set for the private sector, which is where this would fall: "Private Sector Electronic surveillance is most common in two areas of the private sector: employment and domestic relations. In addition to legislation in many of the fifty states, Title III governs these areas as well. It prohibits any person from intentionally using or disclosing information knowingly intercepted by electronic surveillance, without the consent of the interested parties. The intent element may be satisfied if the person knew or had reason to know that the information intercepted or disclosed was acquired by electronic surveillance; it is not satisfied if the person inadvertently intercepted or disclosed such information." [Source] http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Electronic+Surveillance In this case, Google was actively scanning for this information. They didn't inadvertently 'see' it. Their entire purpose was specifically to collect it.

Also: unleavened loaves and scones, typically cooked on an open fire

Damper, inertial, pan-baked.

Yes it is. I suggest that *you* go look up the definition since you clearly haven't got a fucking clue.

Crippleware: Crippleware is any product whose functions have been limited (or "crippled", thus the name) with the express purpose of requiring the user to pay for those functions (either paying a one-time fee or continually paying a service). Crippleware is also used to describe software that makes use of Digital Rights Management. Crippleware programs are usually free versions of computer programs that lack the most advanced (or in some cases, even crucial) features of the original program. Crippleware versions are made available in order to increase the popularity of the full program without giving it away for free. An example of crippleware is a word processor that cannot save or print.

Crippleware: In economics, a damaged good (sometimes termed "crippleware" or product with "anti-features") is a good that has been deliberately limited in performance, quality or utility, typically for marketing reasons as part of a strategy of product differentiation.

All of which precisely fit the properties of and reasoning behind VB Express.

3. Having profit as a chief aim: a commercial book, not a scholarly tome.

You seriously don't put enough effort in narrowing down your definitions. What you really should have said is that :

A Commercial Game, in this context, is one which will only prove my point, but not yours. It doesn't fucking matter whether I'm using the word in its generally accepted use in this context (see def. further up). No matter what you answer, I'll just tell you that it's not "commercial", and probably will also point out that it's not a game, because I don't happen to like it. Oh, and the sky is green with pink smiley clouds.

Now .. if you had said that right at the start, I wouldn't have bothered with arguments and proofs.As you didn't, I'll just point out how utterly ignorant and stupid your statement is, and let the matter rest.

Btw. Lugaru kicks ass, but only if you don't mind the lack of eye candy and can cope with actual content ... considering your previous comment, I guess that's hoping for too much.

It's incorrect grammatically but still a common idiom, especially for spoken language.

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000270.htm
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/quite+a+ways

A copyright is a legal device that gives the creator of a literary, artistic, musical, or other creative work the sole right to publish and sell that work. Copyright owners have the right to control the reproduction of their work, including the right to receive payment for that reproduction. An author may grant or sell those rights to others, including publishers or recording companies. Violation of a copyright is called infringement.

From here.

The information on given bytes are the work of the creator and it has rights to it, regardless of it reproduced through the sale of a good or the providing of a service.

The Miller Test is used for OBSCENITY, not pornography. Two entirely different concepts for anyone with an IQ over 80.

This article from West's Encyclopedia of American Law disagrees with you: "Pornography has been regulated by the legal standards that govern the concept of Obscenity." If you claim the existence of a legal standard called "pornographic" above "harmful to minors" and below "obscene", I'd like to see your citation.

microsoft itself recommends to not use the 64 bit version unless you have very specific needs.

Dude, 2039 is right around the corner!

Tone

Apologies
 

Ah. New regulations to the rescue. I can see you've put a lot of thought into this.

How is it a new regulation? The definition of a contract is:

a. An agreement between two or more parties, especially one that is written and enforceable by law. See Synonyms at bargain. b. The writing or document containing such an agreement.

From http://www.thefreedictionary.com/contract . How can you agree to something if you don't know what it is? It stops being an agreement. If I agree to pay you $50, we both have an agreement I will give you $50. If I change that to paying you $25 and show up with $25 when you expect $50, chances are you won't be too happy because the agreement is broken. Its not a new regulation, it simply keeps the definition of contract and agreement together.

I think you are mistaking mercantilism http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mercantilism for libertarianism http://www.thefreedictionary.com/libertarianism. A common mistake. Very different group of people.

You do know that major banks http://www.db.com/en/content/company/corporate_and_investment_bank.htm(click on 'Sustainable Products and Services) are primary pushers of cap and trade don't you? They stand to make billions. Enron too was into carbon credits. You might want to revisit who the greedy fellows are in this debate. Certainly not these guys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03QcymdCtg.

I think you are mistaking mercantilism http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mercantilism for libertarianism http://www.thefreedictionary.com/libertarianism. A common mistake. Very different group of people.

You do know that major banks http://www.db.com/en/content/company/corporate_and_investment_bank.htm(click on 'Sustainable Products and Services) are primary pushers of cap and trade don't you? They stand to make billions. Enron too was into carbon credits. You might want to revisit who the greedy fellows are in this debate. Certainly not these guys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03QcymdCtg.

I don't think it means what you think it means.

However, because koran is the 'unchanged' word of god (so says islam), it is unobjectionable.

As for the answer to your question - get a group of Catholics and Protestants together (preferably North Irish ones) for a debate on that. Try to get some Orthodox Christians and Mormons as well. And Jews.
Results of the said debate might provide some well needed insight into the subject of religious groups splintering into several smaller groups with opposite believes and views on certain topics which are based on their common religious tracts.

The legal definition of "parody" is:

A form of speech protected by the First Amendment as a "distorted imitation" of an original work for the purpose of commenting on it.

The key words (from both our definitions) are "imitated" and "imitation". The work in question is not an imitation. It is an exact copy with some minor modifications. I should also point out that the work in question was not providing any type of commentary on the original.

Now, there may indeed be some fair use protection provided by the four factors outlined in the law, but nevertheless, this was a bad example that they themselves created. More convincing would have been a true, original parody that was taken down by Google's system.

He's probably not saying what you think he's saying.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/rest+on+laurels

Is it sent by the department of accounting department? See meaning 1. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bill

Indeed, however I was jokingly referring to definition 5(a).

See also: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/whoosh and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

Is it sent by the department of accounting department? See meaning 1. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bill

Indeed, however I was jokingly referring to definition 5(a).

See also: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/whoosh and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

Is it sent by the department of accounting department? See meaning 1. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bill

Furtive was my favourite word in Junior High. I named my cat Furtive. As the link to the free dictionary points out furtive means "secret and sly or sordid", but I always thought it had to do with being a cat or a cat burglar, and, of course, there's the fur bit at the beginning. Furtivology is my take on futurology. The Japanese English newspaper Asahi has an interview with Mathew Burrows, expert of geopolitical futurology. I've always thought futurologists are well served being furtive and circumspect.

Mr. Burrows makes a number of interesting point by one is, I think, particularly germane to this thread.

"Small is no longer beautiful

Q: Throughout the 1990s, when very dynamic globalization was under way, there emerged the perception that small is beautiful.

Small countries like Singapore, Ireland, Israel, Estonia and Finland are clearly much more agile and much better at adapting to globalization.

Would I be wrong in saying that an era will come where the perception that big is powerful will gain ground over the next 15 or 20 years?

A: No, I think you're essentially right."

What is of note is the perception that big is powerful and highly centralized, large states like China will be in a better position to put in place the infrastructure necessary to compete. As noted in the linked article we, the world population, are facing a population bomb and the rise of states like India, Brazil and China. Intellectual Property is just one barb when it comes to grappling with the problems the next 5 or so generations are going to face. One of the cornerstones of democracy is the checks and balances founded upon the temporal and geographic dispersal of power. The idea of Intellectual Property as a stopgap against losing ground to a country like China is appealing only until it runs up against our basic rights; but federal agencies are obliged to protect the interests of the country in the world at large. It generates a double bind that probably won't be resolved in our lifetimes, if at all, if we fuck it all up big time.

All the folks on here saying "wha? But he just asked people to e-mail support, that's not spam!" are entirely missing the point.

You are not allowed to approach the Judge, or ask anyone else to approach the Judge, outside of court and certain other specially-sanctioned venues. It's called ex parte , and is only appropriate in very specific circumstances, because - duh - that's likely to be unfair. That's the basis for the contempt charge.

Now, if it had been a friend or two that e-mailed the judge, he might have just warned them off with a "that's not appropriate." But when enough people e-mail to fill his Inbox, it's quite clearly an attempt to influence the judge, and that's not OK .

And Apple is ripping benefits for first capitalizing on that.

I don't think that word means what you think it means. "You rip what you sew?"

Fail, fail, fail.

Hedonism is the pursuit of pleasure. Where you got your definition from, I don't know.

Fail, fail, fail.

Narcissism is a personality trait. Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a psychological condition. The person who took the last coke out of the fridge would be narcissistic - to a degree. There is an element of narcissism in all of us. The OPs use of the term indicates he thought that there is an excess of narcissism in our society, not that he thought everyone was pathologically narcissistic.

This idea that we somehow have more sex now then in the past is the biggest load of bullcrap. guess what? people fuck, your grandma had he same urges in the 1920's as you have now. the biological drive is exactly the same, it's just socially we are less afraid to express it, so you hear about it more.

Yeah, it just used to be that people married early, and their impulses tended to be directed more towards a single person (not exclusively, of course, but more so than today). Monogomy tends to retard the spread of STD. It's no coincidence that the rapid spread of STDs coincided with the sexual revolution (and with rapid, affordable intercontinental travel).

Just kidding, I'm sure no one would be stupid enough to claim that a certain frequency of light caused them physical problems, unless of course it really did...

Great. Just when I was about to paint my house ultraviolet you came along and ruined it. Thanks.

This is just one step away from sueing your neighbour because he refuses to paint his house green claiming that 'the wavelength of light emitted by his house is caussing me severe pain'

Oh, real nice. These nutballs have enough fucked up ideas without you tossing color specific photophobia into the mix.

Just kidding, I'm sure no one would be stupid enough to claim that a certain frequency of light caused them physical problems, unless of course it really did...

xeroderma pigmentosum a rare pigmentary and atrophic autosomal recessive disease in which extreme cutaneous sensitivity to ultraviolet light results from an enzyme deficiency in the repair of DNA damaged by ultraviolet light. It begins in childhood, with early development of excessive freckling, telangiectases, keratomas, papillomas, and malignancies in sun-exposed skin, severe opthalmologic abnormalities, and, in some cases, neurological disorders.

That's... really not the same as what we were talking about. Not even a little.

This is just one step away from sueing your neighbour because he refuses to paint his house green claiming that 'the wavelength of light emitted by his house is caussing me severe pain'

Oh, real nice. These nutballs have enough fucked up ideas without you tossing color specific photophobia into the mix.

Just kidding, I'm sure no one would be stupid enough to claim that a certain frequency of light caused them physical problems, unless of course it really did...

> And then dropped their service. Hitting them in the pocketbook is the only hope to stop DRM. Act today!

Never happen. The entire world is full of sheep (mostly wethers http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wether) who do as they're told by their governments.

Accident != "Genuine" accident.

Really? I'd have thought a genuine accident would be the most accidental kind of accident there could be.

A genuine accident (I tripped on a crack in the sidewalk and fell over, bumping into you and knocking your head into a building and killing you) is still technically manslaughter (killing a person), but there would be no conviction because it was truly an accident.

Technically schmechnically. If it was manslaughter then there would be a conviction, subject to the usual gubbins like a convincing a jury.

You probably aren't aware that there are two forms of manslaughter - involuntary and voluntary. Taking the phrase at face value, what you describe would appear to fall under the involuntary type. However legal terms often don't mean what they appear to do. As the link says:

In order for a person to be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter the government must prove that someone was killed as a result of an act by the person;

OK, you got that. If tripping constitutes an act, which it may or may not. According to the third subprinciple, it isn't.

Second, in the circumstances existing at the time, the person's act either was by its nature dangerous to human life or was done with reckless disregard for human life; and

Walking along the street is not what I would call reckless or dangerous to human life.

Third, the person either knew that such conduct was a threat to the lives of others or knew of circumstances that would reasonably cause the person to foresee that such conduct might be a threat to the lives of others. "

Which clearly is not the case.

The example I gave of driving an unroadworthy car however satisfies all three.

If I walked up behind you and simply pushed you into the wall, not meaning to kill you but just meaning to hurt you, and you died - that would be considered an accident but I'd probably still face some punishment. That's not a "genuine" accident. But it is an accident.

And that would be voluntary manslaughter - intending to injure but going too far. Google it, you clearly need the practice.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reliquary

There ain't no such critter. All "blacks" -- technically "Negroid" in ethnology -- entered the Western Hemisphere from Africa (eventually), either brought as slaves early on (1400s - 1800s) or as immigrants later. African-American and Native-American doesn't refer to just U.S. people. The "American" part refers to all of North, Central and South America.

"Native American" covers all ethnicities that were native to the pre-Columbian Western Hemisphere. Everything from Inuits up north down to the Mapuche of Chile and everywhere in between.

Note that the form says to mark ONE OR MORE boxes. If you're a mix, feel free to mark it up. There's even an "other", write-in box.

Gates is doing his charity of-course, but common

Well, yes, charities are pretty common, but come on, I suspect that you made a common spelling mistake changed the meaning of the sentence completely.

It's the natural state of many animals. The fact that it's not the natural state of affairs for humans is central to what makes us human.

appose

And they charge you a stipend on top if you want to see 3D performances.

I've never been to a cinema that charged me a clergyman's salary.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Gruntle

For some reason, it sounds vaguely dirty.

A recent interview has confirmed that BioShock 2 will be receiving downloadable content after it launches next month. According to 2K Marin's Kent Hudson, the studio is working on some "aggressive" DLC plans as we speak.

"Absolutely," says Hudson, when asked if DLC is coming. "We are working on pretty aggressive plans for DLC and that’s actually something that is already underway. That is something that is mostly being run out of the Marin studio because like I said the Australian studio is already ramping up on the next big thing."

So far, nothing has been detailed, so we've no idea what form this DLC may take. The original BioShock released a new difficulty level along with some brand new Plasmids. With BioShock 2 containing multiplayer and 2K Games ready to make as much cash as possible, who knows what treats are in store for our wallets?

He repeatedly called it DLC and said downloadable content. The implication is clear that you are purchasing content grabbed from a server and not an unlock code.

What reason would they have to cause this confusion other than to deceive people knowing full well they would not go for it.

You can debate what the $60 buys you when you purchase the game. That's fine and I'm fine with them selling unlock codes but they should have to be completely honest and at the very least no call it DLC because it is not.

I would consider deceptive advertising and, assuming this site can be considered a valid source then yes it is deceptive marketing: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Deceptive+marketing

Didn't I write the word "IF" as a qualifier in the 5th sentence.

Why, yes.... yes you did.

Perhaps you should re-read the entire post you're commenting against before you press Submit.

So one can disregard it? See above. You have yet to answer my question about HOW. Do you understand what I am asking? HOW would YOU identify a bot that you don't know is a bot or an actual visitor. Lets assume that you are just looking at logs. What are your thoughts on that?

All of this is theoretical. I don't host copyrighted material on any of my sites, so I don't really care about that. I am concerned about additional usage on my sites by yet another bot where I will never see any benefit.

An academic exercise, great. I didn't think you were hosting anything of that nature. Why, no.... no I didn't suggest that.

And my chosen name on /. was taken from a dictionary definition of the word vulgar [thefreedictionary.com]. My response to you was not vulgar.....although, it was impudent. I attempt at all times to remain dissimilar to the name.

Perhaps pompus would be more fitting.

Didn't I write the word "IF" as a qualifier in the 5th sentence.

Why, yes....yes I did.

Perhaps you should re-read the entire post you're commenting against before you press Submit.

I operate under the assumption that things CAN be done until I'm convinced that they cannot be done. I remain optimistic that the copyright police scans can be identified in some way.

All of this is theoretical. I don't host copyrighted material on any of my sites, so I don't really care about that. I am concerned about additional usage on my sites by yet another bot where I will never see any benefit.

And my chosen name on /. was taken from a dictionary definition of the word vulgar. My response to you was not vulgar.....although, it was impudent. I attempt at all times to remain dissimilar to the name.

"Compatable" is a misspelled word. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/compatibility

I don't think you know what "violently" means, bah bah bah. I'm tired of people using that quote to pretend they're smart when they don't know vocabulary worth a damn or a fuck all. You, Your.Master, are mistaken -- violently mistaken. I'm not the Anon you replied to, but I done have me a junior high school edumacation.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/violently

1. Marked by, acting with, or resulting from great force: a violent attack.
2. Having or showing great emotional force: violent dislike.
3. Marked by intensity; extreme: violent pain; a violent squall. See Synonyms at intense.
4. Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes: a violent death.
5. Tending to distort or injure meaning, phrasing, or intent.