He can't, unless he's got prior experience with the stores in question. If he's got that and goes with the hard sell option, it's fair to hold him responsible.
Otherwise? It's because some people have gotten tired of being supposed to root for the underdog, and now blame the little guy for everything they can, and hold the big guy responsible for nothing they can avoid. It's fun, really.
Studies of the performance of baseball players have shown that their peak seasons come at 26 and 27. Quite possibly, mental and physical decline begins at the same age. (Though naturally, the former may be caused by the latter.)
Harsh penalties for file sharing strike most people as being wrong.
However, wholesale file sharing of copyrighted material also strikes most people as wrong.
A tiered system is seen as being more fair, punishing those who commit a "youthful indiscretion" more lightly, and repeat, presumably more hardcore offenders more harshly.
Why not snoop every phone call, open and scan every piece of snail mail, record every conversation?
Oh, because people realize that doing that would be contrary to our laws and ethics, but get some sort of paralysis every time somebody brings up child porn and the Internet?
Yeah... thought so. It's the same exact thing, but try convincing people of that.
While it might not be possible for a large corporate network to keep out malware through traditional antivirus approaches, it's entirely possible for a cautious home user to keep their system clean that way. Yes, even with Windows. The difference is that the large corporate network has a ton of users, and it's a safe assumption that many of them will not be careful. My home network with two careful admins/users is fine.
The problem they're talking about is how an informed network admin can guard against the stupidity of his users... on a home network, if you've got a stupid admin/user, no amount of whitelisting, blacklisting, antivirus software or ANYTHING is going to help.
Better yet, use a paper ballot that can be read by humans and machines. They switched to that in St. Louis in 2006, and voting suddenly stopped being a huge pain. We got Scantron ballots that had easily understood circles next to each candidate's name, filled in our ovals, and the results could be tabulated by machine quickly and easily, leaving a paper trail.
Plus, when we had lines and needed more voting booths, city workers showed up with some extra card tables and plastic privacy dividers and we were good to go... no more huge, heavy and expensive booths.
The problem with the longer events is that guys on the cheetahs tend to fall down a lot more than guys running on normal legs. The longer the race, the more likely a fall is.
What I'm not sure about is why he's not attempting the 800 meters. He's flying past guys in the last part of the 400. Why not the longer distance? Surely the falls aren't the issue there?
Sadly, no. No they mostly aren't more enlightened than that. Mostly, once the word "feminist" is mentioned, all you get are snarky Limbaughesque riffs on the word "feminist", instant defensive reactions, and rants about how it's actually men that are oppressed.
Actually? The more context you have about the LDS church, the weirder it seems. To an observer who doesn't know anything about the church's history, it just seems like a sect that is strict and conservative, but not that strange.
I'm not saying that there haven't been lies and things taken out of context, but an awful lot of the time, Mormons exposed to actual historical facts assume that they're just lies.
I just found it impossible to update my driver's license because the state's records indicated that I wasn't a US citizen. (Born in Michigan, family are most definitely citizens) Fortunately, I have a passport, and was able to use that to get them to change the mistaken record, but yeah... I can just see my bosses running a check, discovering that I don't have a Green Card, and canning me. That's gonna work great.
"Despite my misgivings, I have acquiesced in some of the administration's proposals because it is important to preserve national unity in this time of crisis and to move the legislative process forward,"
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont.
Yeah, that's what America is all about... not debate over important issues, but blind obedience and bullshit unity.
Does Leahy have any conception of what his job is?
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According to the article, PBS and NPR do quite well with contributions from their viewers/listeners. Then why do they receive all that Federal funding? And why does PBS have to beg for my money on a regular basis? Contributions of this nature simply haven't proven themselves as a method for anyone to make money. Utopian views of society aren't going to accomplish much of anything. -Goliath
Gee, thanks for spoiling that one. If you think Bruce Springsteen isn't a major rock star, you've got no historical perspective on anything but the last decade or so. Just because someone isn't on the charts constantly doesn't mean they're not relevant. Springsteen still consistantly sells out his concertes and has scads of fans. Try looking beyond your own perspective. -Goliath
Apparently the definition of an idiot and a bigot is one who disagrees with you. Yes, the dynastic system was successful for a long time. However, that success was anything but constant. There wouldn't have been so many new dynasties had the old ones continued to be so successful. China's political history is a history of change, just like any other, but when seen from the remote perspective of history, it seems an almost stylized change. Nobody said that the Chinese have an affinity for totalitarianism. Your own argument explains perfectly what the Chinese have an affinity for... The Communist Party took over as a result of their success in fighting the Japanese. Chiang Kai-Shek was seen as weak for his avoidance of battle. The Chinese tend to choose strength, not ideology. They have accepted foreign rule if the new rulers seem best able to maintain order and govern well. At the same time, they have proven to be dogged fighters against those whose rule is perceived as unacceptable, like the Japanese during World War II. It's not that the Chinese have no love of freedom... they are pragmatists. At some point, as with all previous dynasties, the Communist dynasty will fall, and a new dynasty will take its place. But it will not happen until the Chinese people think they will be replacing with something they know will be stronger. -Goliath
By itself, this is pretty meaningless. However, if Microsoft winds up pursuing this as a larger strategy, it could wind up being very significant. There are similarities between that sort of strategy and Microsoft's method of dealing with Apple. Microsoft has to make certain that competitors are on the market to alleviate concerns about a MS monopoly... if they can make sure that they'll be making a modest profit from their competitors' business, as they did with Apple, it strengthens their overall position.
Actually, no textbook I've ever read here in the States has claimed that the US won the war of 1812. They usually claim a draw, since neither side won concessions from the other, and all borders returned to their previous locations. The Canadians sent us packing when we tried to invade, but in the biggest battle of the war, major British butt was kicked. Which is worse, rewriting history, or claiming revision where there isn't any? -Goliath
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People who endlessly quote the Bible in every situation or people who ultra-endlessly quote the ultra-endless Ayn Rand in every situation.
He can't, unless he's got prior experience with the stores in question. If he's got that and goes with the hard sell option, it's fair to hold him responsible.
Otherwise? It's because some people have gotten tired of being supposed to root for the underdog, and now blame the little guy for everything they can, and hold the big guy responsible for nothing they can avoid. It's fun, really.
Studies of the performance of baseball players have shown that their peak seasons come at 26 and 27. Quite possibly, mental and physical decline begins at the same age. (Though naturally, the former may be caused by the latter.)
Harsh penalties for file sharing strike most people as being wrong.
However, wholesale file sharing of copyrighted material also strikes most people as wrong.
A tiered system is seen as being more fair, punishing those who commit a "youthful indiscretion" more lightly, and repeat, presumably more hardcore offenders more harshly.
It makes sense from a limited perspective.
And thus decrease the surplus population.
Why not snoop every phone call, open and scan every piece of snail mail, record every conversation?
Oh, because people realize that doing that would be contrary to our laws and ethics, but get some sort of paralysis every time somebody brings up child porn and the Internet?
Yeah... thought so. It's the same exact thing, but try convincing people of that.
I'll send $5.00 in September 1st money.
So, about a buck fifty.
How terrible would it be for doctors to have a thorough grounding in basic science?
Their next tactic will be to necklace Steve Ballmer.
While it might not be possible for a large corporate network to keep out malware through traditional antivirus approaches, it's entirely possible for a cautious home user to keep their system clean that way. Yes, even with Windows. The difference is that the large corporate network has a ton of users, and it's a safe assumption that many of them will not be careful. My home network with two careful admins/users is fine.
The problem they're talking about is how an informed network admin can guard against the stupidity of his users... on a home network, if you've got a stupid admin/user, no amount of whitelisting, blacklisting, antivirus software or ANYTHING is going to help.
Better yet, use a paper ballot that can be read by humans and machines. They switched to that in St. Louis in 2006, and voting suddenly stopped being a huge pain. We got Scantron ballots that had easily understood circles next to each candidate's name, filled in our ovals, and the results could be tabulated by machine quickly and easily, leaving a paper trail.
Plus, when we had lines and needed more voting booths, city workers showed up with some extra card tables and plastic privacy dividers and we were good to go... no more huge, heavy and expensive booths.
The problem with the longer events is that guys on the cheetahs tend to fall down a lot more than guys running on normal legs. The longer the race, the more likely a fall is.
What I'm not sure about is why he's not attempting the 800 meters. He's flying past guys in the last part of the 400. Why not the longer distance? Surely the falls aren't the issue there?
Sadly, no. No they mostly aren't more enlightened than that. Mostly, once the word "feminist" is mentioned, all you get are snarky Limbaughesque riffs on the word "feminist", instant defensive reactions, and rants about how it's actually men that are oppressed.
Actually? The more context you have about the LDS church, the weirder it seems. To an observer who doesn't know anything about the church's history, it just seems like a sect that is strict and conservative, but not that strange.
I'm not saying that there haven't been lies and things taken out of context, but an awful lot of the time, Mormons exposed to actual historical facts assume that they're just lies.
The more you learn, the weirder it gets.
Imagine a....
I think we're seeing that all you have to do is destroy a few big important buildings, and society will tear itself apart.
I just found it impossible to update my driver's license because the state's records indicated that I wasn't a US citizen. (Born in Michigan, family are most definitely citizens) Fortunately, I have a passport, and was able to use that to get them to change the mistaken record, but yeah... I can just see my bosses running a check, discovering that I don't have a Green Card, and canning me. That's gonna work great.
Liberal.
"Despite my misgivings, I have acquiesced in some of the administration's proposals because it is important to preserve national unity in this time of crisis and to move the legislative process forward,"
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont.
Yeah, that's what America is all about... not debate over important issues, but blind obedience and bullshit unity.
Does Leahy have any conception of what his job is?
-Goliath
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According to the article, PBS and NPR do quite well with contributions from their viewers/listeners. Then why do they receive all that Federal funding? And why does PBS have to beg for my money on a regular basis? Contributions of this nature simply haven't proven themselves as a method for anyone to make money. Utopian views of society aren't going to accomplish much of anything. -Goliath
Gee, thanks for spoiling that one. If you think Bruce Springsteen isn't a major rock star, you've got no historical perspective on anything but the last decade or so. Just because someone isn't on the charts constantly doesn't mean they're not relevant. Springsteen still consistantly sells out his concertes and has scads of fans. Try looking beyond your own perspective. -Goliath
Apparently the definition of an idiot and a bigot is one who disagrees with you. Yes, the dynastic system was successful for a long time. However, that success was anything but constant. There wouldn't have been so many new dynasties had the old ones continued to be so successful. China's political history is a history of change, just like any other, but when seen from the remote perspective of history, it seems an almost stylized change. Nobody said that the Chinese have an affinity for totalitarianism. Your own argument explains perfectly what the Chinese have an affinity for... The Communist Party took over as a result of their success in fighting the Japanese. Chiang Kai-Shek was seen as weak for his avoidance of battle. The Chinese tend to choose strength, not ideology. They have accepted foreign rule if the new rulers seem best able to maintain order and govern well. At the same time, they have proven to be dogged fighters against those whose rule is perceived as unacceptable, like the Japanese during World War II. It's not that the Chinese have no love of freedom... they are pragmatists. At some point, as with all previous dynasties, the Communist dynasty will fall, and a new dynasty will take its place. But it will not happen until the Chinese people think they will be replacing with something they know will be stronger. -Goliath
By itself, this is pretty meaningless. However, if Microsoft winds up pursuing this as a larger strategy, it could wind up being very significant. There are similarities between that sort of strategy and Microsoft's method of dealing with Apple. Microsoft has to make certain that competitors are on the market to alleviate concerns about a MS monopoly... if they can make sure that they'll be making a modest profit from their competitors' business, as they did with Apple, it strengthens their overall position.
Actually, no textbook I've ever read here in the States has claimed that the US won the war of 1812. They usually claim a draw, since neither side won concessions from the other, and all borders returned to their previous locations. The Canadians sent us packing when we tried to invade, but in the biggest battle of the war, major British butt was kicked. Which is worse, rewriting history, or claiming revision where there isn't any? -Goliath