The blind masses who think they can forfeit their rights, with NO problem, in order to gain luxuries are a complicit accomplice. Your point about "hey man, you need 2 people to sign a contract" would be valid-- IF only people who actually wanted to sign contracts signed them. I'm saying this is not the case. Contracts aren't just for "luxuries"-- they're for necessities. That's all I'm saying.
Also, I was mistaken in my earlier comment. I was thinking of a quasi contract, which is similar but not quite the same thing as a contract. The effect is the same, though: if you're carried unconscious into a hospital, when you're released, you'll be responsible for paying whatever the hospital says (within limits), just as if you had signed a contract.
Sadly, you're almost right.
Theoretically, a contract is just a document stating what each party has agreed to. We could write up a contract saying "I will write a reply agreeing with everything you say on Slashdot for the next week and you will give me $100 in exchange", and neither of us would be giving up any rights.
Problem is, most transactions now have a "standard" contract that includes giving up most of your rights.
Which is fine, unless you want to, y'know, buy a house, own a car...
Face it, you can't just avoid contracts you don't like. Every ticket you buy is a contract. For that matter, so is every grocery item-- it's just an unwritten contract with fewer provisions.
Also, as a non-law student, I hate to break it to you, but even contracts you don't agree to can be enforced in some situations. Hostpitals do this all the time.
Well, this is nothing new. Most "contracts" are just waiving the consumer's rights.
On the other hand, I'm glad somebody finally called them on it, since this is so blatantly obvious.
Unless you have a *good* DM, in which case he probably writes his own adventures (and is, statistically, probably male.) And generally, it's the responsibility of the DM to make those "useless" skills useful, so characters have to think about spreading out their skill points.
This can also be interpreted as: DMs are sadistic, and will require whatever skills you lack.:)
Most people who argue the statistics route place the odds against Earth occurring as it is significantly higher than the number of subatomic particles (just e-, p+, n0, usually) in the known universe.
As someone who was just rejected from MIT, I think it's a shame she has to resign. I heard her speak, and her ideas and influence on the college admissions community have been amazing and wonderful. I think she's made some very good changes, and I can only hope that whoever they get next will continue in that direction. It's also obvious, as some others have said, that her job didn't really require a degree, only experience.
That said, I think it's clear that, now that her lying has been exposed, she couldn't be allowed to keep her position.
Actually, properly made armor allows you a pretty fair range of motion. This is true whether it's made of diamond or steel (which, realistically, most people can't easily bend with their bare hands.) It would, however, be fairly heavy.
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Sadly, you're almost right. Theoretically, a contract is just a document stating what each party has agreed to. We could write up a contract saying "I will write a reply agreeing with everything you say on Slashdot for the next week and you will give me $100 in exchange", and neither of us would be giving up any rights. Problem is, most transactions now have a "standard" contract that includes giving up most of your rights.
Which is fine, unless you want to, y'know, buy a house, own a car... Face it, you can't just avoid contracts you don't like. Every ticket you buy is a contract. For that matter, so is every grocery item-- it's just an unwritten contract with fewer provisions. Also, as a non-law student, I hate to break it to you, but even contracts you don't agree to can be enforced in some situations. Hostpitals do this all the time.
Well, this is nothing new. Most "contracts" are just waiving the consumer's rights. On the other hand, I'm glad somebody finally called them on it, since this is so blatantly obvious.
Unless you have a *good* DM, in which case he probably writes his own adventures (and is, statistically, probably male.) And generally, it's the responsibility of the DM to make those "useless" skills useful, so characters have to think about spreading out their skill points. This can also be interpreted as: DMs are sadistic, and will require whatever skills you lack. :)
Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if the government DID ban non-bacterial soap. "Cleansing agent and germs, all in a convenient, fun package!"
Most people who argue the statistics route place the odds against Earth occurring as it is significantly higher than the number of subatomic particles (just e-, p+, n0, usually) in the known universe.
The moment a strong Chinese political leader steps forward... and motivates their population under the banner of a new, free China,
...is how most dictatorships get started.
That's impossible; everyone knows Linux can't crash. He must have been dual-booting Windows.
As someone who was just rejected from MIT, I think it's a shame she has to resign. I heard her speak, and her ideas and influence on the college admissions community have been amazing and wonderful. I think she's made some very good changes, and I can only hope that whoever they get next will continue in that direction. It's also obvious, as some others have said, that her job didn't really require a degree, only experience. That said, I think it's clear that, now that her lying has been exposed, she couldn't be allowed to keep her position.
Actually, properly made armor allows you a pretty fair range of motion. This is true whether it's made of diamond or steel (which, realistically, most people can't easily bend with their bare hands.) It would, however, be fairly heavy.