A) presented in a biased manner, or
B) is opinion and not fact
is biased. Of course it doesn't appear that way to you because you are biased in such as way as to to make your biased statements appear unbiased to you.
I know that media orgainizations that describe themselves as "conservaive" love to paint everyone else as "liberal" or "left", but that is just not the case, and it seems you have fallen into their trap of viewig life as polar ("liberal" vs. "conservative").
It isn't so much about online vs bricks & mortar as it is about greedy vs not-so-greedy. I had pretty much the same experience - it was in the early evening, $30 the cheapest cable I could find... knew it was bogus but no other choice at that moment so I bought it. Then the next day I went to my local Asian computer store and bought a better cable for $6 and returned the $30 cable. A little extra driving but excellent sense of satisfaction when I returned the $30 cable.
Unless you're going to turn the UK into the Peoples Republic of China
I think you're a bit late on that one - doesn't Britain already have something like 1 CCTV camera for every 3 persons? I bet even China isn't that monitored.
Whether injunctions are good or bad is utterly and completely and now permanently irrelevant.
There are all sorts of injunctions besides ones banning publication of information.
1. An ever increasing demand for software
2. A larger and larger pool of developers whose talent follows a bell curve
These lead to a need to make a system where mediocre. and worse, developers can still generate useful product.
In other words you have to dumb things down so they average guy can handle it. That inevitably leads to a process where the people further up the curve are limited by the process itself. The further up the curve they are the more the process will limit them.
You can try and design processes that ameliorate this,e.g. giving more interesting bits to the more talented, but that only goes so far. The goal is homogeneity. Industry wants software to be like an assembly line and we all know how much fun they are.
The truth is that the only function of a trial is to ascertain guilt or innocence.
No, there are other functions of a trial. For example to demonstrate to "the people" that they live in a society of laws and due process. Just like free speech is protected by letting Neo-Nazis spew hate the benefits the law affords citizens is protected by observing due process even in cases when you "know he is guilty."
And for example there is the right, in most western countries of which I am aware, of the accused to face their accuser in a court of law.
The trial, the conviction (if any), the sentencing etc. are not just for the benefit of the accused they are for the benefit of us all. Modern history demonstrates quite clearly why we all need those protections.
Well if they just wanted him dead it would probably have been a lot cheaper and achieved results faster to have posted a $100,000,000 bounty on his head and eliminated almost a decade of all the primary, secondary and tertiary effects and costs that came along with the hunt as it happened. If the popular media is to be believed the Russian mob would have done it for much less and been very quick to get results.
Hmmm, got modded Troll for that... methinks somebody has their panties in a bunch. A really tight bunch. Or thinks America is perfect just the way it is. Either way kind of sad.
Well if you're going to do that then you should also drop the 24 hours clock - 24? What's up with that??? The 100 hour/day clock makes much more sense - think of all the overtime we'd get!
Except it doesn't really explain anything - it shows the physical parts of the apparatus but not what it actually does, why it works or what/how it proves anything. Pretty but a waste of time.
It's only pointless up to the point that someone takes them to court and says "Your Honor the Defendant claims I used this much bandwidth and are using this as the justification for levying additional charges on my account. But I measured my bandwidth in this way and it is clearly below the Defendant's cap. Your Honor as their number is the basis for the extra charges would the court please instruct the defendant to explain just how they came up with their number?"
And if their TOS says you agree they don't have to explain how they came up with their number I bet there are more than a few jurisdictions that have consumer protection laws that would over-rule that.
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1.Was I making a rebuttal? I was answering a question.
2. Ummm, nope that's it. Off you go now.
Something that is:
A) presented in a biased manner, or
B) is opinion and not fact
is biased. Of course it doesn't appear that way to you because you are biased in such as way as to to make your biased statements appear unbiased to you.
Gee, no bias in that statement, eh?
Nuke them form orbit?
It isn't so much about online vs bricks & mortar as it is about greedy vs not-so-greedy. I had pretty much the same experience - it was in the early evening, $30 the cheapest cable I could find... knew it was bogus but no other choice at that moment so I bought it. Then the next day I went to my local Asian computer store and bought a better cable for $6 and returned the $30 cable. A little extra driving but excellent sense of satisfaction when I returned the $30 cable.
I love the enterprising and/or sarcastic souls (top of the page) who are selling refurbished and used ones for $999 and up!
I think you're a bit late on that one - doesn't Britain already have something like 1 CCTV camera for every 3 persons? I bet even China isn't that monitored.
There are all sorts of injunctions besides ones banning publication of information.
I'm pretty sure nobody would want my discarded beer... but if you do I can start getting some mason jars to put it in.
Greed?
OMG! Nooooo! Engineers have taken control of the media and are censoring what we read! Soooobbbbbbb!
What's that you say? Oh... never mind then....
The real problem is this:
1. An ever increasing demand for software
2. A larger and larger pool of developers whose talent follows a bell curve
These lead to a need to make a system where mediocre. and worse, developers can still generate useful product.
In other words you have to dumb things down so they average guy can handle it. That inevitably leads to a process where the people further up the curve are limited by the process itself. The further up the curve they are the more the process will limit them.
You can try and design processes that ameliorate this,e.g. giving more interesting bits to the more talented, but that only goes so far. The goal is homogeneity. Industry wants software to be like an assembly line and we all know how much fun they are.
No, there are other functions of a trial. For example to demonstrate to "the people" that they live in a society of laws and due process. Just like free speech is protected by letting Neo-Nazis spew hate the benefits the law affords citizens is protected by observing due process even in cases when you "know he is guilty."
And for example there is the right, in most western countries of which I am aware, of the accused to face their accuser in a court of law.
The trial, the conviction (if any), the sentencing etc. are not just for the benefit of the accused they are for the benefit of us all. Modern history demonstrates quite clearly why we all need those protections.
Well if they just wanted him dead it would probably have been a lot cheaper and achieved results faster to have posted a $100,000,000 bounty on his head and eliminated almost a decade of all the primary, secondary and tertiary effects and costs that came along with the hunt as it happened. If the popular media is to be believed the Russian mob would have done it for much less and been very quick to get results.
Hmmm, got modded Troll for that... methinks somebody has their panties in a bunch. A really tight bunch. Or thinks America is perfect just the way it is. Either way kind of sad.
Mmmmm, perhaps you meant to say facetious?
Gee, thanks. Wish I'd had you as one of my students.
Well if you're going to do that then you should also drop the 24 hours clock - 24? What's up with that??? The 100 hour/day clock makes much more sense - think of all the overtime we'd get!
If this guy really believes that then he is an idiot.
Metric would be good.
Why would you ever have wanted one in the first place????
http://einstein.stanford.edu/Media/Rel_gyro_expt-anima-flash.html gives a much better description of what they are measuring. Clicking on the media gallery link gives a choice of several other animations.
Except it doesn't really explain anything - it shows the physical parts of the apparatus but not what it actually does, why it works or what/how it proves anything. Pretty but a waste of time.
I heard Nelson speak more than once and I'm pretty sure the term was "psychoacousticteledildonics"...
Underutilized? I utilize it frequently... great icebreaker LOL
In the mouth.... riiiight... uh huh, yep, that's where it will be... uh huh
It's only pointless up to the point that someone takes them to court and says "Your Honor the Defendant claims I used this much bandwidth and are using this as the justification for levying additional charges on my account. But I measured my bandwidth in this way and it is clearly below the Defendant's cap. Your Honor as their number is the basis for the extra charges would the court please instruct the defendant to explain just how they came up with their number?"
And if their TOS says you agree they don't have to explain how they came up with their number I bet there are more than a few jurisdictions that have consumer protection laws that would over-rule that.