Nope, no call boxes. I've pushed my motorcycle miles in 90+ degree heat as a result. And let me tell you what... I'll never forget to pass up on that gas station ever again, thinking I can make it to the next one.
Then again, I knew what I was doing when I pushed it. Just me by myself. I knew walking for hours wouldn't do any harm. When I'm traveling in the winter, with the family, the car is stocked and prepared if we get stuck in the snow. Just like my parents did when I was a kid and cell phones didn't exist.
Amen brother. I'm married, kids, and a tech job where I maintain a vital piece of equipment. Never owned a cell phone.
Naturally, there have been those moments when I've terribly regretted not owning one. Such as when soup is on sale at the grocery store so I could call my wife and find out if I should buy some. Damn the heartbreak I've had in those situations.
"Interesting"? That's the most idiotic thing I've heard. That it is completely false. In no way does the US military discourage personnel from learning Arabic. In fact, the US Army is offering $20,000 bonuses for Arabic speakers who enlist.
I don't understand your sig. The Ninth Amendment would appear to be profoundly libertarian, as it makes clear the idea that unenumerated powers reside with the people, not the government.
I don't know if government is anti-procreation as much as people expectations of what a minimum lifestyle is. I suppose that counts as society.
I have a two-bedroom, one-bathroom post-war rambler, about 900 square foot foundation. The family that built this house raised six children in it in the 1950s and 1960s. Today, I am constantly asked when I will buy a bigger house because I have one child.
Could a "typical" family have six to ten children today? Certainly. Would they all have DVD players, attend summer soccer camp, college funds, and the latest fashions? No.
At what point would a "pirate" not really be guilty of much if they're only sharing a small portion of a particular songfile, say 0.01%?
That is why there are judges and juries: real people, not algorithms; in the judicial system. So a judge can look at a software system that distributes subsets of a file, and decide the perpetrators are guilty.
Even if, in other circumstances, holding a subset of a file would not be a crime. Or even recognizable as a song file.
Footnote: I am not a fan of the RIAA, their tactics, or their lawsuits. Engaging in illegal activity, however, is not a good way to express dissent. And if someone believes that file sharing is some form of social protest, be prepared to face the consequences (ie fines or jail) for that protest.
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Forget high-tech toys. I want someone to re-release Crossbows and Catapults. A few ounces of plastic and rubber bands has never been so fun.
Hint: more rubber bands mean more strength behind the shot! If you can't put a bruise on your brother's arm from across the basement, your artillery is under-powered.
Blogging in teh usa Takes courage too, look at the dixie chicks. Anything that is not favored by another is deemed to be "unamerican".
You can't possibly be serious. So, their latest album (Taking the Long Way) only sold a few million copies instead of ten million (Fly)? What does that mean? A few less trips on the private jet?? Such courage that must take. As opposed to, say, someone who will go to jail for expressing their opinion.*
* Note: not libel or slander; or trespassing, vandalism, or destruction of public property in the name of "protesting"; this is going to jail for simply stating your opinion.
I agree. The lesson of the election is the centrists. Strong on national defense, fiscally conservative, and socially liberal. The Democrats didn't take the election with a slate of far-left, DailyKos candidates on the coasts. They took it with middle-of-the-road candidates in the center of the country.
If the Democrats (as a national party) don't learn that lesson and move to center, they will lose power again. Just as the Republicans gained power in 1994 with (more-or-less) centrist candidates, and then lost it as they kept going too far to the right.
If you're willing to do to $101, then why not put that down as your max?
Before you put in your first bid, you should know EXACTLY how much you're willing to pay. And then you NEVER go past that amount. It doesn't matter if it is one cent on a $10,000 item. Max is max. (I didn't come up with this advice. It's from my father and grandfather. Both of whom made their living selling farm equipment, often bought at auction)
If you bid any other way at an auction, then you'll just end up overpaying. If you go to $101, then will you go to $103 when the other guy bids again? And then $105? $107? How long will you keep going "just a little bit higher"? Soon you're at $150 instead of $100. IF that's how high you would go, then you should have gone that far in the first place.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong. That you got a +5 shows that the mods don't know anything about the military either.
* First Amendment - You have the right to speech, press, religion, and assembly. The restrictions are that you do not have those rights while on base, in uniform, or on duty. Of course, most employers don't like you holding political protests while at work and on the clock. You are expressly allowed to contact your your elected officials.
* Second Amendment - You have the same right to bear arms as everyone else. You cannot carry them on base, but neither can any civilian. Security regulations apply. The same is true of most courthouses and other government buildings.
* Third Amendment - The government cannot force quartering of troops in your private residence. A bunk in the barracks is not a private residence, that's owned by the government. Just like a dorm room is owned by the college. If you have your own house or apartment off-base (as most military members do), no one can force you bunk up with anyone.
* Fourth Amendment - The military can only search your personal effects on base. And they can search any civilian's personal effects on base too. If you happen to live on base, then you do not have any private areas. Off-base, it appies the same as with anyone else. It's not like the MPs can search your private home for no reason.
* Fifth Amendment - You do have due process, the process is simply different in a military court than in a civilan criminal court. You are protected from self-incrimination. Double jeopardy cannot occur.
* Sixth Amendment - The number of people on the panel trying the case depends upon the severity of the case. For offenses like murder, it is not at all unlike a jury trial. For minor offenses it may be only a judge (or commanding officer, in the case of NJP). You are provided with counsel. You are allowed to call witnesses. You are allowed to cross-examine witnesess against you.
Then, someone will take a chance on a big budget blockbuster...
You are exactly right.
What is most amusing is that it is Lucas who doesn't seem to appreciate this. I believe it is widely acknowledged that this cycle was key to the success of Star Wars. By the late 1970s, Hollywood had stopped making the epics and studios had gutted their effects departments. Movies like Easy Rider prompted a move towards gritty, low-budget, dramas. And then, a young director pushed a epic space opera...
How many times, in the "behind the scenes" documentaries about Star Wars, does Lucas brag about how no one else in Hollywood thought an epic would work?
I think you drew the wrong conclusion. Do you know how crappy journalism is as a career? They're all the low man on the totem pole and would be doing something much better if they had a science background.
What are these guys talking about? If you want something that's patented, you go and buy it at the store. How does that interfere with research? I don't get it. What am I missing?
A software patent covers methods and implementation, not some physical product. Basically, it is a patent on doing certain calculations. No one else can, legally, do those same calculations. So, what do you do if you want to improve on that? What if you think you can make a better compression format, but need to use a patented algorithm?
It could apply in to non-software patents as well. Just because something is patented doesn't mean that it is being sold anywhere.
Mostly, it's just a play by top Air Force officials to sell the service. They believe that information warfare will be big in the future, and they'd rather have Congress give the Air Force money to do it, rather than the Army or Navy. In reality, all the services have personnel who do that work.
At the top level, the services fight among themselves more than they do anything else. NASA was born out of competing Air Force and Navy space programs.
Which is one of the reasons this suit was lost. The court found that Lego's patents had expired and that they couldn't use trademark law to protect the design of their blocks.
The problem remains as to who certifies the national TLDs. For example, Taiwan and China both have their own national TLDs. If China had a strong voice in the matter they would remove Taiwan's TLD, since they are part of "One China".
Or consider the Ukraine. When it declared independence in 1992, it was given a TLD. The original company that ran it, in the Ukraine, closed and fled the country. The TLD was then assigned to group of US and Ukrainian administrators, with a base in San Francisco. In 2001, the state police force (a KBG successor) declared that it wanted to take control. ICANN refused.
It is these types of political issues that many nations want to influence. It is noteworthy that the US Department of Commerce has never stepped in to influence an ICANN decision of this nature, even though it has the power to do so.
I'm sorry, but that is incorrect. Poker is a game, not a sport. I have nothing against poker, and enjoy it a great deal. But we must keep our definitions clear.
The official legal distinction between a sport and a game is whether a participant can consume alcohol during the activity. For example: water polo, football/soccer, and skiing are sports. Golf, poker, and billards are games. This is the reason that auto racing is a sport, even though it requires little physical movement of the driver.
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Nope, no call boxes. I've pushed my motorcycle miles in 90+ degree heat as a result. And let me tell you what... I'll never forget to pass up on that gas station ever again, thinking I can make it to the next one.
Then again, I knew what I was doing when I pushed it. Just me by myself. I knew walking for hours wouldn't do any harm. When I'm traveling in the winter, with the family, the car is stocked and prepared if we get stuck in the snow. Just like my parents did when I was a kid and cell phones didn't exist.
Amen brother. I'm married, kids, and a tech job where I maintain a vital piece of equipment. Never owned a cell phone.
Naturally, there have been those moments when I've terribly regretted not owning one. Such as when soup is on sale at the grocery store so I could call my wife and find out if I should buy some. Damn the heartbreak I've had in those situations.
Actually, Harley withdrew the trademark application on their engine sound. After a six-year legal battle it became clear that they would not win.
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"Interesting"? That's the most idiotic thing I've heard. That it is completely false. In no way does the US military discourage personnel from learning Arabic. In fact, the US Army is offering $20,000 bonuses for Arabic speakers who enlist.
I don't understand your sig. The Ninth Amendment would appear to be profoundly libertarian, as it makes clear the idea that unenumerated powers reside with the people, not the government.
Neither can my wife.
That's absurd. With a system such as that, how are the flight attendants going to bring them martinis?
"Fair use of a copyrighted work... for purposes such as criticism, comment... is not an infringement of copyright." Title 17, US Code.
Yes, unless you are showing in public and charging admission or trying to gain some commercial advantage. See Section 110.
I don't know if government is anti-procreation as much as people expectations of what a minimum lifestyle is. I suppose that counts as society.
I have a two-bedroom, one-bathroom post-war rambler, about 900 square foot foundation. The family that built this house raised six children in it in the 1950s and 1960s. Today, I am constantly asked when I will buy a bigger house because I have one child.
Could a "typical" family have six to ten children today? Certainly. Would they all have DVD players, attend summer soccer camp, college funds, and the latest fashions? No.
Even if, in other circumstances, holding a subset of a file would not be a crime. Or even recognizable as a song file.
Footnote: I am not a fan of the RIAA, their tactics, or their lawsuits. Engaging in illegal activity, however, is not a good way to express dissent. And if someone believes that file sharing is some form of social protest, be prepared to face the consequences (ie fines or jail) for that protest.
Hint: more rubber bands mean more strength behind the shot! If you can't put a bruise on your brother's arm from across the basement, your artillery is under-powered.
* Note: not libel or slander; or trespassing, vandalism, or destruction of public property in the name of "protesting"; this is going to jail for simply stating your opinion.
I agree. The lesson of the election is the centrists. Strong on national defense, fiscally conservative, and socially liberal. The Democrats didn't take the election with a slate of far-left, DailyKos candidates on the coasts. They took it with middle-of-the-road candidates in the center of the country.
If the Democrats (as a national party) don't learn that lesson and move to center, they will lose power again. Just as the Republicans gained power in 1994 with (more-or-less) centrist candidates, and then lost it as they kept going too far to the right.
If you're willing to do to $101, then why not put that down as your max?
Before you put in your first bid, you should know EXACTLY how much you're willing to pay. And then you NEVER go past that amount. It doesn't matter if it is one cent on a $10,000 item. Max is max. (I didn't come up with this advice. It's from my father and grandfather. Both of whom made their living selling farm equipment, often bought at auction)
If you bid any other way at an auction, then you'll just end up overpaying. If you go to $101, then will you go to $103 when the other guy bids again? And then $105? $107? How long will you keep going "just a little bit higher"? Soon you're at $150 instead of $100. IF that's how high you would go, then you should have gone that far in the first place.
How would the time/work lost due to mechanical failures (punctured tires, snapped chain, etc) be any worse with a bicycle than with an automobile?
A bicycle is a much simpler machine. If I had to make a guess, it would be that the bicycle incurs fewer failures than an automobile.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong. That you got a +5 shows that the mods don't know anything about the military either.
* First Amendment - You have the right to speech, press, religion, and assembly. The restrictions are that you do not have those rights while on base, in uniform, or on duty. Of course, most employers don't like you holding political protests while at work and on the clock. You are expressly allowed to contact your your elected officials.
* Second Amendment - You have the same right to bear arms as everyone else. You cannot carry them on base, but neither can any civilian. Security regulations apply. The same is true of most courthouses and other government buildings.
* Third Amendment - The government cannot force quartering of troops in your private residence. A bunk in the barracks is not a private residence, that's owned by the government. Just like a dorm room is owned by the college. If you have your own house or apartment off-base (as most military members do), no one can force you bunk up with anyone.
* Fourth Amendment - The military can only search your personal effects on base. And they can search any civilian's personal effects on base too. If you happen to live on base, then you do not have any private areas. Off-base, it appies the same as with anyone else. It's not like the MPs can search your private home for no reason.
* Fifth Amendment - You do have due process, the process is simply different in a military court than in a civilan criminal court. You are protected from self-incrimination. Double jeopardy cannot occur.
* Sixth Amendment - The number of people on the panel trying the case depends upon the severity of the case. For offenses like murder, it is not at all unlike a jury trial. For minor offenses it may be only a judge (or commanding officer, in the case of NJP). You are provided with counsel. You are allowed to call witnesses. You are allowed to cross-examine witnesess against you.
What is most amusing is that it is Lucas who doesn't seem to appreciate this. I believe it is widely acknowledged that this cycle was key to the success of Star Wars. By the late 1970s, Hollywood had stopped making the epics and studios had gutted their effects departments. Movies like Easy Rider prompted a move towards gritty, low-budget, dramas. And then, a young director pushed a epic space opera...
How many times, in the "behind the scenes" documentaries about Star Wars, does Lucas brag about how no one else in Hollywood thought an epic would work?
I think you drew the wrong conclusion. Do you know how crappy journalism is as a career? They're all the low man on the totem pole and would be doing something much better if they had a science background.
It could apply in to non-software patents as well. Just because something is patented doesn't mean that it is being sold anywhere.
The term is pescetarian. I have also heard the term "bug-eyed" vegetarian, meaning they eat anything with ugly bug eyes.
"From now on, I'm not eating anything that didn't have a soul." - Bart Simpson
Mostly, it's just a play by top Air Force officials to sell the service. They believe that information warfare will be big in the future, and they'd rather have Congress give the Air Force money to do it, rather than the Army or Navy. In reality, all the services have personnel who do that work.
At the top level, the services fight among themselves more than they do anything else. NASA was born out of competing Air Force and Navy space programs.
Except that they're too late. "Toy Building Brick", US Patent #3,005,282 issued to G.K. Christiansen (assigned to Lego) in 1964.
"Blocks adapted to be connected together by means of projections extending from the faces of the elements".
Which is one of the reasons this suit was lost. The court found that Lego's patents had expired and that they couldn't use trademark law to protect the design of their blocks.
The problem remains as to who certifies the national TLDs. For example, Taiwan and China both have their own national TLDs. If China had a strong voice in the matter they would remove Taiwan's TLD, since they are part of "One China".
Or consider the Ukraine. When it declared independence in 1992, it was given a TLD. The original company that ran it, in the Ukraine, closed and fled the country. The TLD was then assigned to group of US and Ukrainian administrators, with a base in San Francisco. In 2001, the state police force (a KBG successor) declared that it wanted to take control. ICANN refused.
It is these types of political issues that many nations want to influence. It is noteworthy that the US Department of Commerce has never stepped in to influence an ICANN decision of this nature, even though it has the power to do so.
I'm sorry, but that is incorrect. Poker is a game, not a sport. I have nothing against poker, and enjoy it a great deal. But we must keep our definitions clear.
The official legal distinction between a sport and a game is whether a participant can consume alcohol during the activity. For example: water polo, football/soccer, and skiing are sports. Golf, poker, and billards are games. This is the reason that auto racing is a sport, even though it requires little physical movement of the driver.