We had power outages here in Vancouver, various blocks went out... but it was reported in the media that it was due to the high winds... hmmm, strange that only a few random blocks downtown were affected?
As if, perhaps, a power line was down due to high winds?
I'm very surprised by this discussion for two reasons.
First, nobody has seemed to point out that the man raised over $5,000, and thus his loss wasn't quite as bad as the full $7,500.
Next and much more importantly, though, the man is making an important statement that police officers do not have the right to invent laws. The entire democratic process is based on police officers and judges having to follow laws that have been established by representatives voted for by the people. To bypass this process and allow police officers to do whatever they want because "it's not that much trouble" only opens the door to abusive law officials. He's out $2,500, for something that is at it's root a very worthy case (whether he should have just shown the receipt is a different issue, but I would argue that he is correct, he had no obligation to do so. If we as a society feel that he was obligated to do so, then we as a society should vocalize that we want a law stating this). Why are so many people being so judgemental?
It would be really nice to see where they came up with their statistic. I suspect that we might not agree with some of the assumptions and estimations they made to arrive at such an enormously improbable number of life originating on Earth.
*since my other post omitted br tags and was thus unreadable..*
>> It'll make it easier to slip in a $1 charge here and a 25 cent charge there. Few people read those bills and making them longer and filled with useless data like this will make it harder to find the signal in the noise.
While I suppose that is in theory true, I sincerely doubt that a company the size of AT&T would risk the repercussions they would face by doing that. It is more likely that as another poster mentioned they plan to bill for these items in the future, or that they simply want to provide a thorough bill.
>> It'll make it easier to slip in a $1 charge here and a 25 cent charge there. Few people read those bills and making them longer and filled with useless data like this will make it harder to find the signal in the noise.
While I suppose that is in theory true, I sincerely doubt that a company the size of AT&T would risk the repercussions they would face by doing that. It is more likely that as another poster mentioned they plan to bill for these items in the future, or that they simply want to provide a thorough bill.
Times like this make me unhappy that this information is being revealed to the public.
Don't get me wrong, I think what they're doing is great, but this is just another example of information being revealed to make the public feel more safe that in actuality only bolsters the criminals the public is supposed to feel safe from.
Granted, this isn't as bad as coverage of ongoing investigations which sometimes seems to reveal -way- too much information, but still.
"...In addition, Shutovsky is directed to provide the names and addresses of all people who have used his PC in the three years prior to his being sued. According to his response to the RIAA's requests, those who may have used the computer include his wife, an unspecified list of "short-term house guests," and eight other people who live in Russia, Ukraine, or the UK. The RIAA says that it would like to contact the Shutovsky's houseguests to see if it would be "reasonable" to take depositions..."
And so continues the witch-hunt for dear ol' 162.83.177.207.
I hope the new generation of musicians refuse to sign record labels with major companies. Considering how powerful a home studio can now be, it's a whole lot more feasible than it was 30 years ago..
That depends on how they're taking out the virus.
If they're hitting them in a multitude of paths at the same time, survival could require spontaneously adapting to all of those changes at the exact same time without the benefit of selection (they would all have to occur at once if all of your targets were lethal to the virus).
In theory such a treatment is feasibly likely to get rid of HIV. Whether they have such a treatment is a different story.
Anything that truly allows you to get something for nothing would so drastically alter our understanding of reality such that many things we take as absolute truth would become unreliable (predictability and statistics would be meaningless.. we would have to accept the possibility of spontaneous creation of radiation and perhaps even matter..)
I don't know where they're getting their energy from, but I cannot even fathom the possibility that it defies the law of conservation of energy.
The fact that this price increase is retroactive absolutely blows my mind, especially when you consider how large of a price increase this will be.
Retroactive changes to the law is one of the hallmarks of a failed legal system. How many radio broadcasters will even have the kind of money that is now being demanded of them?
I found it interesting and potentially misleading that it was worded: "contained GHB, the date rape drug."
Calling GHB a date rape drug implies that it is going to be used to date rape somebody, when in actuality, it is only a date rape drug when taken in very high doses or combined with alcohol. Many people actually take GHB recreationally, and do not possess it with any intention of raping somebody.
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We had power outages here in Vancouver, various blocks went out... but it was reported in the media that it was due to the high winds... hmmm, strange that only a few random blocks downtown were affected?
As if, perhaps, a power line was down due to high winds?
I'm very surprised by this discussion for two reasons.
First, nobody has seemed to point out that the man raised over $5,000, and thus his loss wasn't quite as bad as the full $7,500.
Next and much more importantly, though, the man is making an important statement that police officers do not have the right to invent laws. The entire democratic process is based on police officers and judges having to follow laws that have been established by representatives voted for by the people. To bypass this process and allow police officers to do whatever they want because "it's not that much trouble" only opens the door to abusive law officials. He's out $2,500, for something that is at it's root a very worthy case (whether he should have just shown the receipt is a different issue, but I would argue that he is correct, he had no obligation to do so. If we as a society feel that he was obligated to do so, then we as a society should vocalize that we want a law stating this). Why are so many people being so judgemental?
It would be really nice to see where they came up with their statistic. I suspect that we might not agree with some of the assumptions and estimations they made to arrive at such an enormously improbable number of life originating on Earth.
*since my other post omitted br tags and was thus unreadable..*
>> It'll make it easier to slip in a $1 charge here and a 25 cent charge there. Few people read those bills and making them longer and filled with useless data like this will make it harder to find the signal in the noise.
While I suppose that is in theory true, I sincerely doubt that a company the size of AT&T would risk the repercussions they would face by doing that. It is more likely that as another poster mentioned they plan to bill for these items in the future, or that they simply want to provide a thorough bill.
>> It'll make it easier to slip in a $1 charge here and a 25 cent charge there. Few people read those bills and making them longer and filled with useless data like this will make it harder to find the signal in the noise. While I suppose that is in theory true, I sincerely doubt that a company the size of AT&T would risk the repercussions they would face by doing that. It is more likely that as another poster mentioned they plan to bill for these items in the future, or that they simply want to provide a thorough bill.
Times like this make me unhappy that this information is being revealed to the public. Don't get me wrong, I think what they're doing is great, but this is just another example of information being revealed to make the public feel more safe that in actuality only bolsters the criminals the public is supposed to feel safe from. Granted, this isn't as bad as coverage of ongoing investigations which sometimes seems to reveal -way- too much information, but still.
"...In addition, Shutovsky is directed to provide the names and addresses of all people who have used his PC in the three years prior to his being sued. According to his response to the RIAA's requests, those who may have used the computer include his wife, an unspecified list of "short-term house guests," and eight other people who live in Russia, Ukraine, or the UK. The RIAA says that it would like to contact the Shutovsky's houseguests to see if it would be "reasonable" to take depositions..."
And so continues the witch-hunt for dear ol' 162.83.177.207.
I hope the new generation of musicians refuse to sign record labels with major companies. Considering how powerful a home studio can now be, it's a whole lot more feasible than it was 30 years ago..
That depends on how they're taking out the virus. If they're hitting them in a multitude of paths at the same time, survival could require spontaneously adapting to all of those changes at the exact same time without the benefit of selection (they would all have to occur at once if all of your targets were lethal to the virus). In theory such a treatment is feasibly likely to get rid of HIV. Whether they have such a treatment is a different story.
...but unpredictable does NOT equal random.
Anything that truly allows you to get something for nothing would so drastically alter our understanding of reality such that many things we take as absolute truth would become unreliable (predictability and statistics would be meaningless.. we would have to accept the possibility of spontaneous creation of radiation and perhaps even matter..)
I don't know where they're getting their energy from, but I cannot even fathom the possibility that it defies the law of conservation of energy.
Considering MS servers invariably run windows, probably not very.
The fact that this price increase is retroactive absolutely blows my mind, especially when you consider how large of a price increase this will be. Retroactive changes to the law is one of the hallmarks of a failed legal system. How many radio broadcasters will even have the kind of money that is now being demanded of them?
I found it interesting and potentially misleading that it was worded: "contained GHB, the date rape drug." Calling GHB a date rape drug implies that it is going to be used to date rape somebody, when in actuality, it is only a date rape drug when taken in very high doses or combined with alcohol. Many people actually take GHB recreationally, and do not possess it with any intention of raping somebody.