Every American I know keeps their passport ON them when they are legally in a foreign country. Most states require some form of state approved ID for persons over a certain age to be presented when asked by law enforcement. For said IDs, social security numbers are required, ergo you must be a US citizen. Whether not it's legal to just ask for ID is a separate argument. Search and seizure without a warrant is already broken. In many states if you violate some law while in a motor vehicle, your car can be searched without a warrant. If you refuse you can be arrested and your vehicle searched anyway.
I believe that all public universities (in the US) that cannot prove public money was not used on research, should be required to release the findings/data to the public shortly after it is published. Of course there are exceptions for things involving national security and what not.
Lucas should allow himself be defeated in some long coming battle (making Star Wars funny) and then haunt some 17 year old (I don't care who). Then the remaining 6 billion won't be able to complain about his continual efforts toward eroding Star Wars.
approx. quote: "War brings out the best in men and the worst in men." War is a nasty endeavor. If you want one side to win and have public support, you can't put the daily nasty bits up for public scrutiny. If you don't want people killed in a "war," accidental or otherwise, don't start a war! The "War on Terrorism" is a war that has committed the US to a perpetual, global battle field. We're in too deep now to just pull out of places such as Afghanistan and Iraq. The solution is neither easy nor clear. We would have been better off finishing the situation in Afghanistan and then dealing with Saddam Hussein. Sadly, Saddam had Iraq pretty well under control. Instead we created two power vacuums. War should never be a decision made out of anger or revenge.
Some one correct me if I'm wrong...
Doesn't Myriad Genetics have a patent on a method for testing or gene manipulation or something of that sort, NOT the gene itself?
This may seem like a somewhat innocuous or beneficial act, but I think it's kind of like the abortion cases, but with muck less attention. If a law can be passed that says a fetus can be harmed or killed in the womb because it is alive and has the same rights as any other individual, then elective abortion becomes illegal. Slow down, this isn't about abortion; I'm using it as an example of a slippery slope. Some simple "restrictive" laws about P2P software and next thing you know legislation only lets us send email w/o media attachments and web traffic will be 1% residential upload and the RIAA/MPAA is temporarily happy.
Imagine how popular Intel motherboards would be if you had to specially write programs for them without mentioning brand interoperability or non Intel accolades. e.g.: Intel "We'd appreciate it if you'd not mention you program works on AMD chips or we'll hurt you financially." Oh wait...
Another thing, given this, how come Apple lets Mac format software get sold on the same disk or in the same package as Windows and/or Linux software? Why don't I have to go through itunes to get it?
I hope Apple loosens up a bit or goes the way of soldered ram...
No, not entirely. I've been watching the debate and court cases for years. Many try to declare a fetus is alive in some court cast that isn't about abortion and give it all the civil/human rights of you and me, this would set presidence and then the next elective abortion could legally be declared murder.
"A baby born with anencephaly is USUALLY blind, deaf, unconscious, and unable to feel pain"
Notice the word "usually."
I do support "mercy killings," but its not my preferred euphemism, it's too to the point. Would it be the same as a DNR order or do not use life support? If I can choose to artificially sustain life for hope of a better outcome then why can't I decide that time will not come and seek some other closure and let the body/soul be on its way?
That is the problem, it is being abused by a fair number of people. But I'd rather have total choice than no choice in the mean time. I can't find it but I'll say it any way, in brief. Romania outlawed abortions in the early 80s I think. They had a large spike in juvenile homeless and juvenile crime about 15 years later. There are larger and more important systemic problems than abortion, we should address them first.
My point still stands, regardless of what the baby may or may not feel. These pregnancies can also be very rough on the mother/parents physically and emotionally. I believe in a God who won't punish me for choosing to end such a pregnancy before delivery. Just because there aren't many cases like this dosen't mean there should be zero abortions. The problem is no one can agree on a middle ground, because we don't share all the same morals. Life support is a bigger moral gray area than this. Blind faith to a set of rules divine or not created thousands of years ago really chaps my ass. Remember when rain was a mysterious working of God. We have a better understanding of the world around and in us and are smart enough to adjust things/rules/laws accordingly. Do you really think God was going to take time out of his busy day to explain electricity to Moses? I've had enough Moral Majority crap to last a life time. Glad to see Jerry Falwell go. Circumcision is one of the earliest form of "birth control." If the boy is a hemophiliac he dies right away and was spared a short miserable life until the advent of modern medicine.
If Paul A. Simpson used a bicentennial quarter to cast my vote for the president of the United States of America. Money put forth the candidates so let it be money that decides the election. Tails (or the ass) was Obama and heads was McCain. The outcome: TAILS! I voted for Obama, because money told me to.
Look up "aencephaly." And tell me if it's fair/moral to knowingly bring this child into the world. Let me help, so you don't have to RTFA! Most of the baby's brain is missing with a gaping hole in the back of its head and it's spinal cord is mostly exposed. It will die shortly after birth, and spend its brief moment of life on meds or in agonizing pain and mother knows this for most of the pregnancy. There is NO medical treatment for this, it is 100% lethal! Then she gets to watch her child die. Does this make God happy? Who is this fair to, the mother, father, grandparents, or the child? Don't give me any of this it's God's plan crap. Who does it benefit to not allow this mother an elective abortion? This is only one example of many. For a human to choose death is not always wrong. Thank God for freedom of religion or freedom from it!
Let's say... I put a "normal" or "reasonable" amount of information about myself in public spaces on the web. I like to legally download movies and music. Maybe I use Netflix to stream movies. Maybe I have a kid that likes to watch asinine youtube videos, etc.
Some company mines my data and sells it. Fine.
They send me tons of ads in my email and on most free sites I visit. Fine.
I'm only kind of OK with this because I have unlimited (not the Verizion definition) high speed internet access for about $45 a month.
What happens if/when ISPs start charging by usage? Then my privacy is of financial importance. Even adblockers and spam filters on my local machine don't spot it before it gets charged to my account.
You say, "It couldn't possibly add up to much."
$ per unsolicited byte x millions of customers.
Look at the rates for 1 Mb of text messaging, something like $1400 and you can be charged for incoming messages.
Good friends don't do things like: omg i cnt b leev u rnt on FB!
Privacy is not about paranoia or hiding "non normal behavior;" it's about protecting what is yours.
Why won't my car manufacture forceably upgrade or fix my car for free in the middle of the night? Is it their fear of being shot or arrested for trespassing? If they notified me as to when and what they planned to do I'd most likely acquiesce. I wonder if they could make me put the factory radio back in, put the OEM tires back on or use OEM filters. Could they stop me from driving if I didn't comply immediately. No, because those damands would be unconsciencable in today's buy-the-foundation-motify-it-to-suite-your-needs markets.
Are they allowed to send ad reps to look at my car at my private residense and then send me junk mail on top of the junk mail I receive for the stuff I already bought?
Funny how they wouldn't dream of forcing poeple into that, simply to drive a new car. Or buy someone's used car.
"Well if you don't like M$ tactics, use something else." The year is 1900, "If you don't like AT&T, use something else to communicate with the majority of poeple." In comes the government and sets standards and regulations. To bad I equally distrust the current government to do it right.
flame and nit pick all you want...
I'll just take my roommate's computer off the LAN (after I download the new real player on his machine with mine temporarily off the LAN); let it run a couple of days then ATTEMPT to uninstall it.
On a similar vein... Ever try to uninstall MS Office 97 without the install disc handy?
When I lived in a one horse town in West Texas (Dell City), my high school counselor was the sheriff of Roswell's grand daughter. The same sheriff who was present at the crash. Her family story is "it wasn't a weather balloon." She further stated that the "government" told her grand father, if he valued his family he'd accept the government's story and quit pursuing a different answer.
Your position in sumation: If you have nothing to hide...
Counter point: Someone may have something to hide. It's not illegal but certainly taboo or immoral in their greater community, ie. Wickans, DBSM, true paternal identity, etc.
I know a guy who works for a police department. Hel tells us all sorts of stuff about poeple that isn't "normal," but it's certainly not illegal.
Oh the irony that is J. Edgar Hoover. (the potential cross dressing thing)
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Every American I know keeps their passport ON them when they are legally in a foreign country. Most states require some form of state approved ID for persons over a certain age to be presented when asked by law enforcement. For said IDs, social security numbers are required, ergo you must be a US citizen. Whether not it's legal to just ask for ID is a separate argument. Search and seizure without a warrant is already broken. In many states if you violate some law while in a motor vehicle, your car can be searched without a warrant. If you refuse you can be arrested and your vehicle searched anyway.
I believe that all public universities (in the US) that cannot prove public money was not used on research, should be required to release the findings/data to the public shortly after it is published. Of course there are exceptions for things involving national security and what not.
Lucas should allow himself be defeated in some long coming battle (making Star Wars funny) and then haunt some 17 year old (I don't care who). Then the remaining 6 billion won't be able to complain about his continual efforts toward eroding Star Wars.
approx. quote: "War brings out the best in men and the worst in men." War is a nasty endeavor. If you want one side to win and have public support, you can't put the daily nasty bits up for public scrutiny. If you don't want people killed in a "war," accidental or otherwise, don't start a war! The "War on Terrorism" is a war that has committed the US to a perpetual, global battle field. We're in too deep now to just pull out of places such as Afghanistan and Iraq. The solution is neither easy nor clear. We would have been better off finishing the situation in Afghanistan and then dealing with Saddam Hussein. Sadly, Saddam had Iraq pretty well under control. Instead we created two power vacuums. War should never be a decision made out of anger or revenge.
Some one correct me if I'm wrong... Doesn't Myriad Genetics have a patent on a method for testing or gene manipulation or something of that sort, NOT the gene itself?
This may seem like a somewhat innocuous or beneficial act, but I think it's kind of like the abortion cases, but with muck less attention. If a law can be passed that says a fetus can be harmed or killed in the womb because it is alive and has the same rights as any other individual, then elective abortion becomes illegal. Slow down, this isn't about abortion; I'm using it as an example of a slippery slope. Some simple "restrictive" laws about P2P software and next thing you know legislation only lets us send email w/o media attachments and web traffic will be 1% residential upload and the RIAA/MPAA is temporarily happy.
Imagine how popular Intel motherboards would be if you had to specially write programs for them without mentioning brand interoperability or non Intel accolades. e.g.: Intel "We'd appreciate it if you'd not mention you program works on AMD chips or we'll hurt you financially." Oh wait... Another thing, given this, how come Apple lets Mac format software get sold on the same disk or in the same package as Windows and/or Linux software? Why don't I have to go through itunes to get it? I hope Apple loosens up a bit or goes the way of soldered ram...
No, not entirely. I've been watching the debate and court cases for years. Many try to declare a fetus is alive in some court cast that isn't about abortion and give it all the civil/human rights of you and me, this would set presidence and then the next elective abortion could legally be declared murder.
"A baby born with anencephaly is USUALLY blind, deaf, unconscious, and unable to feel pain"
Notice the word "usually."
I do support "mercy killings," but its not my preferred euphemism, it's too to the point. Would it be the same as a DNR order or do not use life support? If I can choose to artificially sustain life for hope of a better outcome then why can't I decide that time will not come and seek some other closure and let the body/soul be on its way?
That is the problem, it is being abused by a fair number of people. But I'd rather have total choice than no choice in the mean time. I can't find it but I'll say it any way, in brief. Romania outlawed abortions in the early 80s I think. They had a large spike in juvenile homeless and juvenile crime about 15 years later. There are larger and more important systemic problems than abortion, we should address them first.
My point still stands, regardless of what the baby may or may not feel. These pregnancies can also be very rough on the mother/parents physically and emotionally. I believe in a God who won't punish me for choosing to end such a pregnancy before delivery. Just because there aren't many cases like this dosen't mean there should be zero abortions. The problem is no one can agree on a middle ground, because we don't share all the same morals. Life support is a bigger moral gray area than this. Blind faith to a set of rules divine or not created thousands of years ago really chaps my ass. Remember when rain was a mysterious working of God. We have a better understanding of the world around and in us and are smart enough to adjust things/rules/laws accordingly. Do you really think God was going to take time out of his busy day to explain electricity to Moses? I've had enough Moral Majority crap to last a life time. Glad to see Jerry Falwell go. Circumcision is one of the earliest form of "birth control." If the boy is a hemophiliac he dies right away and was spared a short miserable life until the advent of modern medicine.
It should start "I" not "if" sorry...
If Paul A. Simpson used a bicentennial quarter to cast my vote for the president of the United States of America. Money put forth the candidates so let it be money that decides the election. Tails (or the ass) was Obama and heads was McCain. The outcome: TAILS! I voted for Obama, because money told me to.
Look up "aencephaly." And tell me if it's fair/moral to knowingly bring this child into the world. Let me help, so you don't have to RTFA! Most of the baby's brain is missing with a gaping hole in the back of its head and it's spinal cord is mostly exposed. It will die shortly after birth, and spend its brief moment of life on meds or in agonizing pain and mother knows this for most of the pregnancy. There is NO medical treatment for this, it is 100% lethal! Then she gets to watch her child die. Does this make God happy? Who is this fair to, the mother, father, grandparents, or the child? Don't give me any of this it's God's plan crap. Who does it benefit to not allow this mother an elective abortion? This is only one example of many. For a human to choose death is not always wrong. Thank God for freedom of religion or freedom from it!
We won't know who won the election until the law suits are settled or the inauguration happens first. $0.02
Let's say... I put a "normal" or "reasonable" amount of information about myself in public spaces on the web. I like to legally download movies and music. Maybe I use Netflix to stream movies. Maybe I have a kid that likes to watch asinine youtube videos, etc. Some company mines my data and sells it. Fine. They send me tons of ads in my email and on most free sites I visit. Fine. I'm only kind of OK with this because I have unlimited (not the Verizion definition) high speed internet access for about $45 a month. What happens if/when ISPs start charging by usage? Then my privacy is of financial importance. Even adblockers and spam filters on my local machine don't spot it before it gets charged to my account. You say, "It couldn't possibly add up to much." $ per unsolicited byte x millions of customers. Look at the rates for 1 Mb of text messaging, something like $1400 and you can be charged for incoming messages. Good friends don't do things like: omg i cnt b leev u rnt on FB! Privacy is not about paranoia or hiding "non normal behavior;" it's about protecting what is yours.
Why won't my car manufacture forceably upgrade or fix my car for free in the middle of the night? Is it their fear of being shot or arrested for trespassing? If they notified me as to when and what they planned to do I'd most likely acquiesce. I wonder if they could make me put the factory radio back in, put the OEM tires back on or use OEM filters. Could they stop me from driving if I didn't comply immediately. No, because those damands would be unconsciencable in today's buy-the-foundation-motify-it-to-suite-your-needs markets. Are they allowed to send ad reps to look at my car at my private residense and then send me junk mail on top of the junk mail I receive for the stuff I already bought? Funny how they wouldn't dream of forcing poeple into that, simply to drive a new car. Or buy someone's used car. "Well if you don't like M$ tactics, use something else." The year is 1900, "If you don't like AT&T, use something else to communicate with the majority of poeple." In comes the government and sets standards and regulations. To bad I equally distrust the current government to do it right. flame and nit pick all you want...
I'll just take my roommate's computer off the LAN (after I download the new real player on his machine with mine temporarily off the LAN); let it run a couple of days then ATTEMPT to uninstall it. On a similar vein... Ever try to uninstall MS Office 97 without the install disc handy?
or just proof of what we've come to know and love from The Great MS. All Hail Bill Gates!
When I lived in a one horse town in West Texas (Dell City), my high school counselor was the sheriff of Roswell's grand daughter. The same sheriff who was present at the crash. Her family story is "it wasn't a weather balloon." She further stated that the "government" told her grand father, if he valued his family he'd accept the government's story and quit pursuing a different answer.
Your position in sumation: If you have nothing to hide... Counter point: Someone may have something to hide. It's not illegal but certainly taboo or immoral in their greater community, ie. Wickans, DBSM, true paternal identity, etc. I know a guy who works for a police department. Hel tells us all sorts of stuff about poeple that isn't "normal," but it's certainly not illegal. Oh the irony that is J. Edgar Hoover. (the potential cross dressing thing)