It's never necessary to be "caught in the act" to be prosecuted for a crime so, while the details of this case are modestly noteworthy, she did commit a crime and provide evidence to that effect. That the alleged "crime" is stupid and law sounds unconstitutional is something else entirely.
I find comments modded as redundant in dupe stories to be amusing. Aren't all these comments redundant (and not just the ones that point out that editors post dupes)?
I read Slashdot often. I wonder what people who work on Slashdot do?
For reference, on some sites that my compnay hosts, 384 kbps of web traffic is about 20,000 unique visitors per day. So as a home user, you shouldn't be seeing that kind of traffic. Sirket gets the square.
Your family and friends called. They said they would appreciate it if you provided thumbnails of the vacation pictures since they are hard too look at at those resolutions.
Well, suffice it to say that there is a minor distinction between there being a law on the books and that law being actively enforced. My post was in reponse to a previous post on the legality on bongs. I break the law every time I go 70. Don't always get a ticket for it, though.
Drug paraphernalia is defined in U.S. Code Title 21, Section 863 as, "any equipment, product, or material of any kind which is primarily intended or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, concealing, producing, processing, preparing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance . .." [northeastcapt.org, faq#12]
In my experience, the customer wanted an elephant (probably because a Fortune article said elephant). They could be quite successful - and more profitable - without the elephant. But the sales guys told them that we know elephants like mad (when, in fact, the developers have only seen elephants from far away - really far away).
Anyhow, the developers keep insisting that the elephant is untenable and deadlines slip. Instead we roll out a beta elephant (which is really just a pile of dung molded to look like an elephant) and ask the client for feedback.
Naturally, the client has no buy in from the folks who are going to be using the elephant, so the change requests start pouring in until, budget exhausted, half the developers have been laid-off. At this point, the pile of dung does not look like an elephant but the client has spent so much money that, ala Emperors New Clothes, everybody marvels at what a great elephant it is. QED.
The last time I checked, binary had zero, so an off-hand uninformed (slightly prejudiced) comment as yours is even dumber when you actually think about it.
For the Maya's, zero was not just a placeholder. It signified the concept of an absence of value, a.k.a. an empty set.
History The numeral or digit zero is used in numeral systems, where the position of a digit signifies its value, with successive positions having higher values, and the digit zero is used to skip a position. By about 300 BCE the Babylonians used two slanted wedges to mark an empty place in a given sequence of positional digits. It did not function in the true sense of a number. The use of zero as a number unto itself was introduced into mathematics relatively late by Indian mathematicians. An early study of the zero by Brahmagupta dates to 628.
Zero was also used as a numeral in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. It was used by the Olmec and subsequent civiliations; see also: Maya numerals.
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What a moron moderator. Maybe he thinks this is K5 and he was trying to mod the STORY as REDUNDANT. First, there's a shortage of moderator points, second, they get wasted.
Anybody want to know what the perfect solution for dupes is (since my suggestion for re-categorizing outed dupes has not been considered)? Just filter all of Timothy's stories. I don't think he actually reads Slashdot.
So what you are saying is that guidelines impose restrictions? On whom? Not you, you are an adult. Now, presumably, you as a parent will screen all materials your child has access to. Guidelines ASSIST in the screening process. You, as a parent, are the ultimate arbitreur of what if appropriate or objectionable for your kids to have access to.
Some material is generally objectionable for children because children may not have the mental acuity and maturity to recognize appropriate behavior as potrayed in fiction. And unfortunately, too many parents pay no attention to what their kids are doing/watching/playing/eat.
Heard of the child obesity problem in this country? Yeah, lots of careless parents sending their kids to school with Twinkies, Sprite, and Lunchables. Do you think those parents are screening what their kids have access to? No.
So those guidelines aren't designed for those parents. They are designed for you, who will take the time to investigate who provides the ratings, whether you agree with their criteria, and whether your values concur with deeming content objectionable.
So, instead of listening to every idiotic hoe-slappin gangsta rap album out there, you may determine that you can follow somebody else's guidelines. And, of course, make exceptions where warranted.
Just today, I was thinking to myself, "Does anybody really want their kids to use drugs at 13, have sex at 14?" Not me, I keep my kids away from self-proclaimed art that promotes and glorifies the objectification of sex and drugs. Not because I'm a prude (I might be) but because the cost-benefit analysis comes firmly on the side of "clean".
So, no, I don't think Marilyn Qualye was the Anti-Christ and I don't think game ratings are the end of civilization. I think parents who don't know what their kids are up to are worse for this country than most other threats we face today. And I do play Quake and BF1942 but recoginze where kids might not understand "entertainment violence".
Move along, folks. Nothing is being censored here.
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It's never necessary to be "caught in the act" to be prosecuted for a crime so, while the details of this case are modestly noteworthy, she did commit a crime and provide evidence to that effect. That the alleged "crime" is stupid and law sounds unconstitutional is something else entirely.
I find comments modded as redundant in dupe stories to be amusing. Aren't all these comments redundant (and not just the ones that point out that editors post dupes)?
I read Slashdot often. I wonder what people who work on Slashdot do?
For reference, on some sites that my compnay hosts, 384 kbps of web traffic is about 20,000 unique visitors per day. So as a home user, you shouldn't be seeing that kind of traffic. Sirket gets the square.
Your family and friends called. They said they would appreciate it if you provided thumbnails of the vacation pictures since they are hard too look at at those resolutions.
And those picture/video intensive sites are porn.
Well, suffice it to say that there is a minor distinction between there being a law on the books and that law being actively enforced. My post was in reponse to a previous post on the legality on bongs. I break the law every time I go 70. Don't always get a ticket for it, though.
Google searches for karma whoring are on their way out. Current best practices invole wikipedia.
Drug paraphernalia is defined in U.S. Code Title 21, Section 863 as, "any equipment, product, or material of any kind which is primarily intended or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, concealing, producing, processing, preparing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance . . ." [northeastcapt.org, faq#12]
Drug paraphernalia, including bongs, are illegal - to a varying degree - in most of the United States.
Perfect! That's just the tip I was looking for. 2/3 of today's SCO stories gone!
Thanks.
I'm not the first to suggest this: Is it time for sco.slashdot.org? Or darlsucks.slashdot.org, etc...?
In my experience, the customer wanted an elephant (probably because a Fortune article said elephant). They could be quite successful - and more profitable - without the elephant. But the sales guys told them that we know elephants like mad (when, in fact, the developers have only seen elephants from far away - really far away).
Anyhow, the developers keep insisting that the elephant is untenable and deadlines slip. Instead we roll out a beta elephant (which is really just a pile of dung molded to look like an elephant) and ask the client for feedback.
Naturally, the client has no buy in from the folks who are going to be using the elephant, so the change requests start pouring in until, budget exhausted, half the developers have been laid-off. At this point, the pile of dung does not look like an elephant but the client has spent so much money that, ala Emperors New Clothes, everybody marvels at what a great elephant it is. QED.
Also known as damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Not quite yet (in case you were afraid to try): Words for the boss, both said and unsaid.
The last time I checked, binary had zero, so an off-hand uninformed (slightly prejudiced) comment as yours is even dumber when you actually think about it.
For the Maya's, zero was not just a placeholder. It signified the concept of an absence of value, a.k.a. an empty set.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero
History
The numeral or digit zero is used in numeral systems, where the position of a digit signifies its value, with successive positions having higher values, and the digit zero is used to skip a position. By about 300 BCE the Babylonians used two slanted wedges to mark an empty place in a given sequence of positional digits. It did not function in the true sense of a number. The use of zero as a number unto itself was introduced into mathematics relatively late by Indian mathematicians. An early study of the zero by Brahmagupta dates to 628.
Zero was also used as a numeral in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. It was used by the Olmec and subsequent civiliations; see also: Maya numerals.
The ancient Maya civilization used a vigesimal (base-20) numeral system.
A vigesimal numeral system has a base of twenty.
That's why my friends at FSU always chanted...
To be
a Florida Gator
must suck.
The website deserves a Tufte award for Excellence in the presentation of visual information. Very impressive effort!
Though, no, such an award does not yet exist.
You mean Windows ME.
Table of Contents
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Let's say I pay the $10 and still don't find the article. Do I get my money back? Only one way to find out. But you try it first
Kazaa, LimeWire, et al. have long had the billion song download giveaway.
...doesn't mean it's up for grabs. There is, at minimum, a 40 day period after the domain expires before it is actually made available for registration. It is usually 14 days after the expiration that the domain is deleted from the root servers and this is when outages can occur.
...it would put the SoCal fires to shame.
How do you spell hypocrisy?
The only people who did very well were the coffee-makers. Google coffee anyone? Nogatech didn't start out well but improved once acquired.
And yes, these numbers don't account for dilution. How much free time do you think I have?
Ravenswood Winery (RVWD)
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Salon.com (SALN)
IPO: $10.50 per share
Last: $0.06.
Andover.net currently Va Software Corp (LNUX)
IPO: $18.00 per share
Day 1 Close: $63.38
Last: $4.65
Nogatech, acquired by Zoran in Y2K
IPO: $12.00 per share
Day 1 Close: $9.41
Price when acquired: $7.38
Last: $15.35
Peet's Coffee and Tea (PEET)
IPO: $8.00 per share
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Instinet Corp (INET)
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What a moron moderator. Maybe he thinks this is K5 and he was trying to mod the STORY as REDUNDANT. First, there's a shortage of moderator points, second, they get wasted.
Anybody want to know what the perfect solution for dupes is (since my suggestion for re-categorizing outed dupes has not been considered)? Just filter all of Timothy's stories. I don't think he actually reads Slashdot.
You missed: Homosexual (Actively Discouraged)
I concur. If only we could see _who_ did the moderating, this whole friend/foe thing would be more useable.
So what you are saying is that guidelines impose restrictions? On whom? Not you, you are an adult. Now, presumably, you as a parent will screen all materials your child has access to. Guidelines ASSIST in the screening process. You, as a parent, are the ultimate arbitreur of what if appropriate or objectionable for your kids to have access to.
Some material is generally objectionable for children because children may not have the mental acuity and maturity to recognize appropriate behavior as potrayed in fiction. And unfortunately, too many parents pay no attention to what their kids are doing/watching/playing/eat.
Heard of the child obesity problem in this country? Yeah, lots of careless parents sending their kids to school with Twinkies, Sprite, and Lunchables. Do you think those parents are screening what their kids have access to? No.
So those guidelines aren't designed for those parents. They are designed for you, who will take the time to investigate who provides the ratings, whether you agree with their criteria, and whether your values concur with deeming content objectionable.
So, instead of listening to every idiotic hoe-slappin gangsta rap album out there, you may determine that you can follow somebody else's guidelines. And, of course, make exceptions where warranted.
Just today, I was thinking to myself, "Does anybody really want their kids to use drugs at 13, have sex at 14?" Not me, I keep my kids away from self-proclaimed art that promotes and glorifies the objectification of sex and drugs. Not because I'm a prude (I might be) but because the cost-benefit analysis comes firmly on the side of "clean".
So, no, I don't think Marilyn Qualye was the Anti-Christ and I don't think game ratings are the end of civilization. I think parents who don't know what their kids are up to are worse for this country than most other threats we face today. And I do play Quake and BF1942 but recoginze where kids might not understand "entertainment violence".
Move along, folks. Nothing is being censored here.