We've made great advances as a result of manned space flight, but it doesn't seem so functional now. There needs to be at least some kind of practical reason to send a man up into space now. If we could develop the means to slowly terraform Mars for example, sure send a man up. But right now I don't see a compelling reason to reinvest in manned missions when probes are doing a decent job. (Maybe not as good as a man, but there is a Cost to Benefit relationship here too)
Basically have a big bank account that the government(s) dump money into each year and then leave it up to NASA to decide how to spend it. That way if some wingnut gets in and decides to defund it, they'll just loose funding for that year or two and can live off the savings during that time.
Until they make some change that removing the fuse constitutes some kind of DMCA or other copyright violation; and that the only way is to have it permanently deactivated is by an authorized service person.
Why would Smozzy get a bill for the SMS messages if it's the user who has the contract with T-Mobile? At most I could see them doing a walled garden approach and trying to get it removed from the marketplace.
Well the app is free and unlimited messaging is like $10 I think (Maybe $20). Not too bad when you compare to the possible overage charges of going over your data plan.
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, but for now, could I not claim that reasonable precautions were made, since my ISP is also taking precautions to prevent it. Such as blocking common P2P ports. At the end of the day short of disabling my wifi someone who is determined enough could find a way to use my AP to pirate.
Police are not meant to prevent crimes, this has been established by them in courts. They're there to pick up the pieces and assign blame. (One police dept was sued some time ago for not preventing a crime, in court their defense was that's not their job, and the judge ruled in their favor based on that)
Yea and I see that as the underlying issue of prosecuting people who had no knowledge of a crime. How can I choose not to commit one if I am not aware I am making one?
As you've shown you can associate nature itself in contributing to a crime so where does it end?
However I can see something like ThePirateBay be prosecuted since, and let's all be honest, they knew damn well the site was used to share copyrighted media (though personally I have my own issues with copyright). A gun shop owner however does not know that the gun he sold is going to be used in committing a crime, nor the owner of the open wifi hotspot.
I think it is at least in part that we feel we have to hold someone accountable, even if they are only tangentially related, and were acting entirely within the law. We need to realize that there are some crimes which cannot be prosecuted. Better to let 1000 guilty go free then 1 innocent be falsely convicted .
In the case of an open Wifi hotspot would it also mean all the neighbors in range too? (I bet they'd probably just stick the owner of the router with the bill)
Yea, they usually tout battery life as a selling point over the competition. Plus if the battery goes dead, you cannot use up your data/minutes and get hit for overages.
It sounds like the residents were asked to pay higher taxes or else something drastic would have to be done. The residents decided they didn't want the taxes so the district followed through, of course now it'll end up costing them more for childcare.
Looks like a case of shortsightedness. "Taxes are bad, even though they'll be less then what we would pay out of pocket ourselves for the alternative".
I think 5 is a little young for a child to be taking such a serious view on their education, or to have them be put to work.
Also you have to look at the zero tolerance policies. Should child who is the victim of an assault be expelled same as their attacker, and then put to work? Many of these sort of violations and issues are things the school police would deal with are often times the result of these policies. If a student is the victim they get a citation same as the attacker.
Furthermore we have such things as child labor laws in the US, the whole reason they cannot work is because they are considered immature children, even if they don't want an education. If we expelled them and put them to work, would they no longer be considered children? Would they be adults, able to sign contracts, vote, join the military?
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$30 mil per movie title!
That just seems insanely expensive to me.
I do have to agree...
We've made great advances as a result of manned space flight, but it doesn't seem so functional now.
There needs to be at least some kind of practical reason to send a man up into space now. If we could develop the means to slowly terraform Mars for example, sure send a man up. But right now I don't see a compelling reason to reinvest in manned missions when probes are doing a decent job. (Maybe not as good as a man, but there is a Cost to Benefit relationship here too)
Maybe they should be run like CERN.
Basically have a big bank account that the government(s) dump money into each year and then leave it up to NASA to decide how to spend it.
That way if some wingnut gets in and decides to defund it, they'll just loose funding for that year or two and can live off the savings during that time.
Just in time for the Mac Book Pro 2 next month. Man you really lucked out.
But isn't the skimmer just making a cloned copy of the information contained in the magnetic strip?
How would the CC or ATM know that there was a skimmer involved?
Until they make some change that removing the fuse constitutes some kind of DMCA or other copyright violation; and that the only way is to have it permanently deactivated is by an authorized service person.
I think something is going on behind the scenes.
I remembered when they rolled out their streaming service, they made the announcement and that it would be at no additional cost.
Lately it seems like they have been doing everything they can to get people to cancel.
Yep, and in this case, that racist grandpa is trying to sell me stuff.
I was tempted to get a PS3 and have been in the market for a new TV. Looks like Sony helped make my decision a little easier.
Could you elaborate on this?
The movie is readily available at both Amazon and Walmart, and other retailers.
My GF pays about that, and gets 200Mb of data and unlimited messages.
Why would Smozzy get a bill for the SMS messages if it's the user who has the contract with T-Mobile?
At most I could see them doing a walled garden approach and trying to get it removed from the marketplace.
Well the app is free and unlimited messaging is like $10 I think (Maybe $20).
Not too bad when you compare to the possible overage charges of going over your data plan.
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, but for now, could I not claim that reasonable precautions were made, since my ISP is also taking precautions to prevent it. Such as blocking common P2P ports. At the end of the day short of disabling my wifi someone who is determined enough could find a way to use my AP to pirate.
Fair = Judge and Jury that has been bought and paid for by the **AA.
I think that's the mindset of most people really.
"Someone has to pay for this crime"
Police are not meant to prevent crimes, this has been established by them in courts. They're there to pick up the pieces and assign blame. (One police dept was sued some time ago for not preventing a crime, in court their defense was that's not their job, and the judge ruled in their favor based on that)
Yea and I see that as the underlying issue of prosecuting people who had no knowledge of a crime. How can I choose not to commit one if I am not aware I am making one?
As you've shown you can associate nature itself in contributing to a crime so where does it end?
However I can see something like ThePirateBay be prosecuted since, and let's all be honest, they knew damn well the site was used to share copyrighted media (though personally I have my own issues with copyright). A gun shop owner however does not know that the gun he sold is going to be used in committing a crime, nor the owner of the open wifi hotspot.
I think it is at least in part that we feel we have to hold someone accountable, even if they are only tangentially related, and were acting entirely within the law. We need to realize that there are some crimes which cannot be prosecuted. Better to let 1000 guilty go free then 1 innocent be falsely convicted .
I think in that case they aren't being exempted, they could still be searched if needed, it's just that it'd be too much trouble for the **AA.
By that same logic, we should charge the city when there are drug deals made, after all the people involved used roads to drive to the meeting spot.
In the case of an open Wifi hotspot would it also mean all the neighbors in range too?
(I bet they'd probably just stick the owner of the router with the bill)
Yea, they usually tout battery life as a selling point over the competition.
Plus if the battery goes dead, you cannot use up your data/minutes and get hit for overages.
It sounds like the residents were asked to pay higher taxes or else something drastic would have to be done.
The residents decided they didn't want the taxes so the district followed through, of course now it'll end up costing them more for childcare.
Looks like a case of shortsightedness. "Taxes are bad, even though they'll be less then what we would pay out of pocket ourselves for the alternative".
I think 5 is a little young for a child to be taking such a serious view on their education, or to have them be put to work.
Also you have to look at the zero tolerance policies. Should child who is the victim of an assault be expelled same as their attacker, and then put to work? Many of these sort of violations and issues are things the school police would deal with are often times the result of these policies. If a student is the victim they get a citation same as the attacker.
Furthermore we have such things as child labor laws in the US, the whole reason they cannot work is because they are considered immature children, even if they don't want an education. If we expelled them and put them to work, would they no longer be considered children? Would they be adults, able to sign contracts, vote, join the military?
Man, that's right out of some dystopian scifi story.
Next thing you know they'll be "Freedom Checkpoints" to make sure you have you "Freedom Pass" to be allowed through.
Yea I think there was some smaller but still popular store that went out of business a few years back and had this happen.
Before that it was always a "What if" but then it became a reality, but seems no one learned their lesson.