Hey, I like CCP's solution to this, in EVE, you can buy extra months of subscription, and sell them to other players, on the market, for Gold (ISK). I play the game for free, because I have enough isk to sell to folks who want more of it.
Eve's economy actually works pretty decently, dudes get alot of use out of having extra isk, they can fly bigger ships, gamble more, pay folks for whatever they want. I always suggest to my friends that they buy three months of game time when they start playing, 1 month for themselves, and 2 months to sell to the market. Everyone gets on a nice, even playing field pretty quick that way, (and it's still cheaper than starting alot of MMO's).
To ramble off topic for a while, market manipulation is incredibly easy in eve, I play for free because I spend about 3 hours a week looking over trades in three regional markets. I had to put in a bit of work to get enough money to afford it, but the cash I have is still chicken scratch (barely floating a billion isk, and most of it's tied up in one thing or another)
"So excluding this evidence probably would have only set a precedent that defendants would occasionally get off because of procedural screw-ups (similar to police forgetting to read a defendant his Miranda rights),"
Actually, in Canada we have an interesting catch 22 of sorts. You're protections from the law are guaranteed only in such a way that will not bring the administration of justice into disrepute. Just because the police messed up and didn't obtain a warrent, if it was just an honest to goodness mistake (or issue of somewhat legitimate confusion) and not a systemic deliberate abuse of powers, then the judge is likely to allow the evidence, and warn the officers not to do it again.
(In Canada, we value the spirit of the law more than it's technical protection, a little problematic at some times, but all in all, I like the provision. People rarely walk on technicalities here, because we trust our courts enough to make judgement calls.)
From TFA
"Open government lawmakers such as Senators John McCain (R-Arizona) and Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vermont) have fought for years to make the reports public, with bills being introduced--and rejected--almost every year since 1998."
So the better question to ask would by why the bills were rejected, but that would require more research into the situation. Government is never/that/ simple. As a side note, I love reading about pre 2008 McCain, he seems like such a reasonable dude.
That's right, you have absolute moral imperative to use force to defend your property. There is never any justification in making your objections known peacefully, and then perusing remedy under our system of laws. Because we live in an anarchistic state, your only recourse when your rights are impinged is violence. No reasonable person could deny that the sum total of upwards of 30-40 hours of your work demanded physical violence to prevent it's destruction, it's defence being paramount above all other considerations of law, order, or respect for the dignity and safety of other human beings.
When you are absolutely certain that you are right, when the stakes are so high that such grievous damage would occur should you not act, you are not required to submit to a system of laws to validate your beliefs; you are free to enact violence to further your conception of the right.
Yeah, TFA is from a sketchy website, which basically outlines this: someone posted to 4chan claiming to be the hacker, by the name of Rubico, and that as of time of printing, no one has actually checked the IP logs to confirm this.
It doesn't even have a good source to site that the alledged Rubico and the college student are one and the same.
In summation, there are no connections between Rubico, the kid, or the act itself. Rubico claimed to do the act, but hasn't presented any good evidence, folks claim the kid is rubico, but hasn't presented any good evidence. The only good evidence we have hasn't been examined yet. So.... no one has been caught doing anything.
Yes, obama will force upper middle class workers to flee from America to Europe, to enjoy their world renowned reputation for low taxes and small governments.
Can you live for the same cost of living as your eastern european counterparts? You can probably get pretty close. Move into a dormicile housing, don't own a car, eat simple meals (meat once or twice a week). Your cost of living will drop dramatically, your standard of living will still be pretty high, you live in one of the wealthiest nations in the world, your roads are well paved, you have beautiful public parks, great libraries, (if your in canada socialized medicine). Rice+Beans+rent=Pretty cheap living, cheaper still if you have the capital to buy a house. Free tip for programers, You can compete with outsourced labour costs, just at the expense of your decedent lifestyle!
America doing weapon's testing in the desert? Yee-gads! It's not like that's where the majority of their theaters have been for the last two decades. Most american bombs are droped in, you guessed it, the desert. And isreal, the only country currently using lasers to defend against active atacks is located in... wait for it... the desert.
Computers play 'perfect' poker, i.e. the computer looks at the cards on the table, the cards in it's hand, and the bet's it opponent has made, and figures out if calling the bet, or raising the bet is appropriate statistically, based on the chance of it's payout vs. it's chance of getting 'the winning hand'.
In the end, when two perfect players play against each other, they both get the same amount of information, and the difference between their scores will be determined by the random-chance of the deck.
The critical flaw of the 'perfect play' system is too rigid adherance to the system. By betting on a predictable system, they grant their opponent an insight into their hands, and therefore, more information. A bet from a perfect player communicates more than just the new odd's on the pot for his opponent, but also allows his opponent to have a better read on what hand the perfect player/has/. More information=better play.
Of course, this is seven card limit texas hold'em, a very formulaic and restricted betting structure will severly limit players abillity to exploit their informational advantage.
Professional poker requires an adaptive system which compensates for the meta-game of people's betting. It's possible their AI does this, but simply playing 'perfect poker' is no acheivment, any grade 12 math student with a bit of practice and a head for odds can play/near/ perfect (i.e. perfect enough that in the limited set of hands they see they have a good chance of making no mistakes). If beating professionals was as easy as not having any tells, and being able to perform reasonable amounts of math, the final table at poker tournaments would be alot more diverse.
Bah, user privacy my bottom. Information wants to be free! Now the government privacy komisar wanting to implement biometrics to 'protect' me seems like some crazy leftist nutjob after my vital fluids.
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Oh fuck, that sounds awesome!
Hey, I like CCP's solution to this, in EVE, you can buy extra months of subscription, and sell them to other players, on the market, for Gold (ISK). I play the game for free, because I have enough isk to sell to folks who want more of it. Eve's economy actually works pretty decently, dudes get alot of use out of having extra isk, they can fly bigger ships, gamble more, pay folks for whatever they want. I always suggest to my friends that they buy three months of game time when they start playing, 1 month for themselves, and 2 months to sell to the market. Everyone gets on a nice, even playing field pretty quick that way, (and it's still cheaper than starting alot of MMO's). To ramble off topic for a while, market manipulation is incredibly easy in eve, I play for free because I spend about 3 hours a week looking over trades in three regional markets. I had to put in a bit of work to get enough money to afford it, but the cash I have is still chicken scratch (barely floating a billion isk, and most of it's tied up in one thing or another)
The count doesn't believe in hitting women, or in chairs. He knows they both exist tho, they are facts.
"So excluding this evidence probably would have only set a precedent that defendants would occasionally get off because of procedural screw-ups (similar to police forgetting to read a defendant his Miranda rights)," Actually, in Canada we have an interesting catch 22 of sorts. You're protections from the law are guaranteed only in such a way that will not bring the administration of justice into disrepute. Just because the police messed up and didn't obtain a warrent, if it was just an honest to goodness mistake (or issue of somewhat legitimate confusion) and not a systemic deliberate abuse of powers, then the judge is likely to allow the evidence, and warn the officers not to do it again. (In Canada, we value the spirit of the law more than it's technical protection, a little problematic at some times, but all in all, I like the provision. People rarely walk on technicalities here, because we trust our courts enough to make judgement calls.)
From TFA "Open government lawmakers such as Senators John McCain (R-Arizona) and Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vermont) have fought for years to make the reports public, with bills being introduced--and rejected--almost every year since 1998." So the better question to ask would by why the bills were rejected, but that would require more research into the situation. Government is never /that/ simple. As a side note, I love reading about pre 2008 McCain, he seems like such a reasonable dude.
That's right, you have absolute moral imperative to use force to defend your property. There is never any justification in making your objections known peacefully, and then perusing remedy under our system of laws. Because we live in an anarchistic state, your only recourse when your rights are impinged is violence. No reasonable person could deny that the sum total of upwards of 30-40 hours of your work demanded physical violence to prevent it's destruction, it's defence being paramount above all other considerations of law, order, or respect for the dignity and safety of other human beings. When you are absolutely certain that you are right, when the stakes are so high that such grievous damage would occur should you not act, you are not required to submit to a system of laws to validate your beliefs; you are free to enact violence to further your conception of the right.
Never tell me the odds.
Yeah, TFA is from a sketchy website, which basically outlines this: someone posted to 4chan claiming to be the hacker, by the name of Rubico, and that as of time of printing, no one has actually checked the IP logs to confirm this. It doesn't even have a good source to site that the alledged Rubico and the college student are one and the same. In summation, there are no connections between Rubico, the kid, or the act itself. Rubico claimed to do the act, but hasn't presented any good evidence, folks claim the kid is rubico, but hasn't presented any good evidence. The only good evidence we have hasn't been examined yet. So.... no one has been caught doing anything.
besides, that was a very pedestrian joke anyway.
Yes, obama will force upper middle class workers to flee from America to Europe, to enjoy their world renowned reputation for low taxes and small governments.
Can you live for the same cost of living as your eastern european counterparts? You can probably get pretty close. Move into a dormicile housing, don't own a car, eat simple meals (meat once or twice a week). Your cost of living will drop dramatically, your standard of living will still be pretty high, you live in one of the wealthiest nations in the world, your roads are well paved, you have beautiful public parks, great libraries, (if your in canada socialized medicine). Rice+Beans+rent=Pretty cheap living, cheaper still if you have the capital to buy a house. Free tip for programers, You can compete with outsourced labour costs, just at the expense of your decedent lifestyle!
America doing weapon's testing in the desert? Yee-gads! It's not like that's where the majority of their theaters have been for the last two decades. Most american bombs are droped in, you guessed it, the desert. And isreal, the only country currently using lasers to defend against active atacks is located in... wait for it... the desert.
Computers play 'perfect' poker, i.e. the computer looks at the cards on the table, the cards in it's hand, and the bet's it opponent has made, and figures out if calling the bet, or raising the bet is appropriate statistically, based on the chance of it's payout vs. it's chance of getting 'the winning hand'. In the end, when two perfect players play against each other, they both get the same amount of information, and the difference between their scores will be determined by the random-chance of the deck. The critical flaw of the 'perfect play' system is too rigid adherance to the system. By betting on a predictable system, they grant their opponent an insight into their hands, and therefore, more information. A bet from a perfect player communicates more than just the new odd's on the pot for his opponent, but also allows his opponent to have a better read on what hand the perfect player /has/. More information=better play.
Of course, this is seven card limit texas hold'em, a very formulaic and restricted betting structure will severly limit players abillity to exploit their informational advantage.
Professional poker requires an adaptive system which compensates for the meta-game of people's betting. It's possible their AI does this, but simply playing 'perfect poker' is no acheivment, any grade 12 math student with a bit of practice and a head for odds can play /near/ perfect (i.e. perfect enough that in the limited set of hands they see they have a good chance of making no mistakes). If beating professionals was as easy as not having any tells, and being able to perform reasonable amounts of math, the final table at poker tournaments would be alot more diverse.
Bah, user privacy my bottom. Information wants to be free! Now the government privacy komisar wanting to implement biometrics to 'protect' me seems like some crazy leftist nutjob after my vital fluids.