America is very schizophrenic to be sure, but we have had one or two important scientific discoveries and technological advancements. But we do wind up with weird laws. It's not uncommon to go to a strip club where you have to be 21 to enter (drinking age) but only 18 to work there (stripping age). At any rate, America rocks!~
Well, considering that Congress are the only ones that have actual authority to declare war it really shouldn't matter which President won on that issue, but then again the American government doesn't really follow the constitution and voting doesn't really change much. In any case, there was no vote by the American people for or against the war so I'm not sure how you think the American people could have put a stop to it by voting against 'it'.
BTW, every single American could vote and that doesn't mean the majority wins. There's an electoral college based on the number of Senators and Representatives in each state so votes are weighted depending on which state one resides in (smaller states have a slightly more weighted per person vote). Gore won the popular vote in 2000 but lost the electoral vote Bush - 50,456,002 Gore - 50,999,897.
I already said I was misinformed about the pipeline so I'm not sure what your convincing me of here. The point is, it wasn't just a matter of Republicans wanted a 12 month tax holiday and the Democrats only wanted a 2 month tax holiday.
Whether it's because Republicans wanted to make the President make the decision on the pipeline now instead of later, or whether it was how the tax holiday is paid for (as another poster suggested), it still wasn't 'Democrats talked them down to two months' as you posted. Considering that wasn't the issue and how much you know about what the real issue was, just makes your original post dishonest. I admitted where I was wrong on my part.
The Republicans wanted to tie pipeline subsidies to the year long tax holiday. To suggest that it was just a matter of 2 months versus 12 months is disingenuous
A method for denoting a fraction of the whole by placing a percent sign after a number between 1 and 100 has been granted a patent. The submitter is obviously using an alternate method to prevent a lawsuit.
Does Android have a monopoly on smart phones? Do they command that market? Can you put an app on an iPhone without using Apple's App Store (according to their TOS)?
Even with such an agreement a tattoo shop can be held accountable if they were negligent. Recognizing that infection is an inherent risk and an infection happening because the tattoo shop did not take known steps to prevent an infection are two different things.
So you might not be able to win a lawsuit against Sony if they took reasonable steps to ensure security but if they did not then a EULA shouldn't necessarily absolve them of liability. Suing is how this is generally determined so waiving your right to determine Sony's liability is not a strawman.
Just anecdotal of course, but the only people I know that prefer IE are the ones that I say 'open your web browser', get no response, then say 'open Internet Explorer'. Do people really prefer it?
Sure, but since IE is automatically installed on 86% of operating systems (ie. Windows) It's fair to compare browser versions since you generally have to download chrome to begin with.
The problem is it requires the accused to go to court to fight back against the accuser. This is opposite to almost every other situation. Regardless of penalties if I accuse Microsoft of infringing on my code they don't have to stop selling Windows until they prove that they didn't. If I get a call from what I believe to be a scam, AT&T has no obligation to automatically block that call and they are not liable for it either so saying the DCMA provides safe harbor is not a valid argument.
DMCA has done little to stop actual piracy and declaring web sites a safe harbor could be done without it. IMO it provides little benefit while its abuse has done harm.
Is this link better? Okay not a formal motto, but certainly a supported statement by Google and one that they obviously think their investors should be aware of.
In some cases (like with Yahoo's fantasy offerings) the iOS app is pretty good, and the android one is just a link to a mobile site basically. I've always wondered why these things are.
I've wondered if some of this has to do with iOS not running things like flash. There's not as much need to make an app for Android if it already runs your current website. Just speculation on my part but many apps I see are just front ends for websites that otherwise wouldn't work at all on an iPhone.
I didn't read the article but when I heard about this on the radio, they said hands free sets actually seem to be worse. The reason seems to be that it frees a hand for yet an additional task. Hands free 'allows' you to drive, talk on the phone and eat a burger.
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America is very schizophrenic to be sure, but we have had one or two important scientific discoveries and technological advancements. But we do wind up with weird laws. It's not uncommon to go to a strip club where you have to be 21 to enter (drinking age) but only 18 to work there (stripping age). At any rate, America rocks!~
I'm not for changing the calendar but I think in serious consideration would start with having 13 moonths.
Did you not read what I wrote right after that?
EgoID would be cool.
Well, considering that Congress are the only ones that have actual authority to declare war it really shouldn't matter which President won on that issue, but then again the American government doesn't really follow the constitution and voting doesn't really change much. In any case, there was no vote by the American people for or against the war so I'm not sure how you think the American people could have put a stop to it by voting against 'it'.
BTW, every single American could vote and that doesn't mean the majority wins. There's an electoral college based on the number of Senators and Representatives in each state so votes are weighted depending on which state one resides in (smaller states have a slightly more weighted per person vote). Gore won the popular vote in 2000 but lost the electoral vote Bush - 50,456,002 Gore - 50,999,897.
I already said I was misinformed about the pipeline so I'm not sure what your convincing me of here. The point is, it wasn't just a matter of Republicans wanted a 12 month tax holiday and the Democrats only wanted a 2 month tax holiday.
Whether it's because Republicans wanted to make the President make the decision on the pipeline now instead of later, or whether it was how the tax holiday is paid for (as another poster suggested), it still wasn't 'Democrats talked them down to two months' as you posted. Considering that wasn't the issue and how much you know about what the real issue was, just makes your original post dishonest. I admitted where I was wrong on my part.
The Republicans (and apparently the President) wanted the tax holiday extended all year. The Democrats talked them down to two months.
is still disingenuous (especially given that you apparently knew the specifics with witch you responded to me).
Pay day laws Mostly in New England.
The Republicans wanted to tie pipeline subsidies to the year long tax holiday. To suggest that it was just a matter of 2 months versus 12 months is disingenuous
Just pointing out that even for the US budget $15+ billion is a fair bit.
I guess if .4% is a fair bit (15/3456 2010 budget).
A method for denoting a fraction of the whole by placing a percent sign after a number between 1 and 100 has been granted a patent. The submitter is obviously using an alternate method to prevent a lawsuit.
Does Android have a monopoly on smart phones? Do they command that market? Can you put an app on an iPhone without using Apple's App Store (according to their TOS)?
So how is a 12 year old held to contract law?
Even with such an agreement a tattoo shop can be held accountable if they were negligent. Recognizing that infection is an inherent risk and an infection happening because the tattoo shop did not take known steps to prevent an infection are two different things.
So you might not be able to win a lawsuit against Sony if they took reasonable steps to ensure security but if they did not then a EULA shouldn't necessarily absolve them of liability. Suing is how this is generally determined so waiving your right to determine Sony's liability is not a strawman.
Wow! The running back just took a hit and experienced a force of 150G's*! He was hit at a 5-degree angle and knocked back a whole meter...,
Now that's funny.
or you prefer IE
Just anecdotal of course, but the only people I know that prefer IE are the ones that I say 'open your web browser', get no response, then say 'open Internet Explorer'. Do people really prefer it?
Sure, but since IE is automatically installed on 86% of operating systems (ie. Windows) It's fair to compare browser versions since you generally have to download chrome to begin with.
The problem is it requires the accused to go to court to fight back against the accuser. This is opposite to almost every other situation. Regardless of penalties if I accuse Microsoft of infringing on my code they don't have to stop selling Windows until they prove that they didn't. If I get a call from what I believe to be a scam, AT&T has no obligation to automatically block that call and they are not liable for it either so saying the DCMA provides safe harbor is not a valid argument.
DMCA has done little to stop actual piracy and declaring web sites a safe harbor could be done without it. IMO it provides little benefit while its abuse has done harm.
I really don't see how Microsoft is more of a monopoly today than in the '90s. It's gradually becoming irrelevant
There are 1.25 Billion Windows machines. It will take a while before Microsoft is irrelevant.
Is this link better? Okay not a formal motto, but certainly a supported statement by Google and one that they obviously think their investors should be aware of.
In some cases (like with Yahoo's fantasy offerings) the iOS app is pretty good, and the android one is just a link to a mobile site basically. I've always wondered why these things are.
I've wondered if some of this has to do with iOS not running things like flash. There's not as much need to make an app for Android if it already runs your current website. Just speculation on my part but many apps I see are just front ends for websites that otherwise wouldn't work at all on an iPhone.
I didn't read the article but when I heard about this on the radio, they said hands free sets actually seem to be worse. The reason seems to be that it frees a hand for yet an additional task. Hands free 'allows' you to drive, talk on the phone and eat a burger.
When did you become a society?
That's kinda how patents work, yes. If you want to use the tech behind someone's patent
So is it the tech that's patented or the driver-less car? They're not synonymous.
If remote access was possible all of the drones would be grounded immediately
I don't think the drones would work if remote access wasn't possible. ;)