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Do any of you know of a way to escape contract with Alltel without paying the early termination fee? I'm sick of the 5-7 day delay in getting my voicemail messages! ):
Claim they're breaking the contract by not providing you with service. You're paying them to deliver messages in a timely manner, not take messages like shithead roommates.
[Look it up kids, it's not a racial slur. It had to alliterate, so it was really my only choice.]
While technically correct, it's still off-topic. Ironically, that's exactly what I would have modded you if I hadn't squandered my mod points on booze, hookers, and insightful posts.
Nonsense. As a physics major, as well as ameteur philosopher and all around genius sex god, I can say without a doubt that dark fiber is made of dark matter, which as you know, is made from the souls of sea kittens.
They may have looked at the contents in order to identify the owner of the phone so that it could be returned to the proper owner.
I think they knew who the proper owner was. They took the phone from him.
I would also guess those teachers showed each other the photos for awhile before acting on them. This from first-hand knowledge of teachers in what was to become my high school watching students have sex in a car after school in the parking lot.
Maybe the teachers and administrators should also be charged with child porn possession and distribution. They viewed thoughtcrime!
The search and seizure laws aren't considered in this case because the incident involves minors (under 18 years of age).
Like it or not, agree with it or not, minors do not legally have civil rights so they can not be infringed upon.
Uh, last time I checked, the constitution applies to everyone (apparently also to foreigners).
How would child porn charges and sex offender registries apply to charged minors once they turn 18? Do they still have to sign up for the registries, and do their records become sealed?
When you're super-conservative, nudity=thinking forbidden thoughts=sin. Logical solution? Remove sources of nudity to prevent sin. As an added bonus, Think of the Children will garner votes.
I'm pretty right wing conservative, and I don't agree with your observation. The school should have given those kids a good, stern talking-to, maybe detention (or some non-legal-record-generating, appropriate punishment) for their actions, and probably contacted their parents.
I quite resent this sort of behavior on the part of our various bureaucracies.
Also, how does one charge a child with possession and/or manufacturing of child porn? As individuals with no (legal) ability to consent, shouldn't they be considered victims of the crime?
Huh? Could a black guy have been elected in the 60s? No. Can a black guy be elected now? Yes. That, my friend, is a demonstrable improvement.
You consider it to be an improvement of civil rights that a black man got elected? I don't. That he ran, sure. I certainly hope you're not one of those apologists who voted for him because he was black in some sort of misguided effort to "improve" racial equity.
I find the thought of someone being elected because of his race to be absolutely reprehensible, and antithetical to our society.
MLK had a dream that people would be judged by their merits, not the color of their skin.
At any rate, can we finally abandon Affirmative Action? Now that a black man is president, I think we've proven it is quite unnecessary, and detrimental.
Just because it's an earth-sized planet doesn't mean it's Earth-like. Red dwarf stars are very small (no more than half the mass of the Sun). They don't put out much energy so the habitable zones are very small and very close to the planet. Being so close to the sun makes it likely that the planet would be tidally locked (same side always facing the sun) which isn't so good for life. Finally red dwarf stars often have high stellar variation (sometimes fry you, sometimes freeze you), also not so good for life.
Of course, since all we have for reference is our own little lab here on Earth, this is pure speculation.
For all we know, different sorts of life may flourish on a tidally locked world. Or in the vacuum of space, on Jupiter-like worlds, more exotically, in nebulae, stars, inside of black-holes. Maybe not life as we know it, but then again, we might not be life as they know it, either.
We don't even know how life originated here, and we've been poking at that for at least 7000 years. I'm pretty sure we haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg.
your guy and gal lost, you betcha, now get over it you traitorous coward
McCain and Palin weren't right for the job, either. My opinion is that no man who wants to be president should ever be elected president.
I'm not sure why my last comment was marked as flamebait. I was responding to his comments about this president being such a big to do. He's right. It's supposed to be an orderly transition of power, not a circus. I just pointed out that Obama (new Man) won't be any different from Bush, Clinton, or any of the rest of them (the old Men).
And the media verbal fellatio of Obama has crescendoed to a whole new level. Since we're being told constantly that MLK, Jr.'s dream has now been realized, I'm wondering if we can now dispense with the constantly-moving target called Affirmative Action. You know, since we've reached true equality and all, race-based preferential treatment should no longer be required...
Actually, this rather dashes MLK's "dream". As I recall, it made reference to people getting along based on who they were, not the color of their skin. I pretty strongly Obama got elected most likely because he's black (and not even full-blooded black). He's a media darling who will never, ever be able to do wrong.
Also of note: He campaigned on a platform of "change" (the sort of change is left unspecified, but it's Change, dammit!). However, if you will notice, he has a strong penchant for selecting former Clinton administration figures for his appointments.
Change indeed. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Good God, what is the big fucking deal with all the inauguration here? I mean, sure, it is important in that it is the orderly transition of power in the US, but, really people, why are some treating this as the second coming of Christ?
It is just the swearing in of another president....can't we just look at the digested version on the nights news?
Welcome the new Man. Same as the old Man.
Didn't you know? The messiah be here, and his name is Massa Barack Hussein Obama
Well, that's all good and well, unless one wishes himself to be the sole owner and custodian of all medical records pertaining to himself.
For my part, if I'm asked for information pertaining to X by insurance company Y, I may decide to provide it. However, true to how FOIA works, any and all info pertaining to Z will be blacked out (hey, they asked for X, not Z), which I may not have the opportunity to do if someone else is the custodian.
Last I checked that's not even an option. You can't tell a doctor to erase your medical records from his PC, because he's reuired by Obama's new laws to keep it stored electronically.
Not like you can get them to delete medical records as it is. I've requested it multiple times, and I'm always told "the hospital/clinic/etc owns those records, but we can put a flag on them to require your permission to look at them".
downloaders on average buy just as much music as non-downloaders
Interesting, but that doesn't prove the activity is harmless or positive. This just shows that people who pirate music, like music (go figure). What would happen if they didn't unlawfully gain copies?
I got the distinct impression from that passage that the same thing would happen, since both downloaders and non-downloaders buy just as much music on average. Essentially, downloading doesn't have much effect either way, according to that.
The media industry doesn't make money on the concerts. They make money on album sales.
We simply can't have those poor recording conglomerates losing out on profit margins while those mean old bands make more money on tour and evil pirates get to partake in entertainment! It's unthinkable!
Is it just me, or does Obama seem to have this habit of take a position to be assigned and determine a politically racial/ethnic-makeup-pool to pick candidates from for this position?
Judging from the names of these two picks, and from other positions (as well as the Illinois-vacant-seat debacle, where a black man had to be picked to succeed a black man by a shortly-thereafter-impeached governor whose picks were questionable at best), this seems to be the overriding mode of operation in political circles
Political correctness? Pacification? Class-mongering?
Before this gets modded troll, try reading this as questioning how our system currently works, not how it legally should.
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Do any of you know of a way to escape contract with Alltel without paying the early termination fee? I'm sick of the 5-7 day delay in getting my voicemail messages! ):
Claim they're breaking the contract by not providing you with service. You're paying them to deliver messages in a timely manner, not take messages like shithead roommates.
News for niggards, stuff that matters!
[Look it up kids, it's not a racial slur. It had to alliterate, so it was really my only choice.]
While technically correct, it's still off-topic. Ironically, that's exactly what I would have modded you if I hadn't squandered my mod points on booze, hookers, and insightful posts.
Actually, you're only smelling the unwashed masses as they exalt Obama.
Barack's gonna take us to Candy Mountain.
Only if your name is Charlie.
Nonsense. As a physics major, as well as ameteur philosopher and all around genius sex god, I can say without a doubt that dark fiber is made of dark matter, which as you know, is made from the souls of sea kittens.
Good job, you appear to have identified the pun in the article.
Offer him some cake.
That new meme is old news.
I've been saying that for weeks.
They may have looked at the contents in order to identify the owner of the phone so that it could be returned to the proper owner.
I think they knew who the proper owner was. They took the phone from him.
I would also guess those teachers showed each other the photos for awhile before acting on them. This from first-hand knowledge of teachers in what was to become my high school watching students have sex in a car after school in the parking lot.
Maybe the teachers and administrators should also be charged with child porn possession and distribution. They viewed thoughtcrime!
The search and seizure laws aren't considered in this case because the incident involves minors (under 18 years of age).
Like it or not, agree with it or not, minors do not legally have civil rights so they can not be infringed upon.
Uh, last time I checked, the constitution applies to everyone (apparently also to foreigners).
How would child porn charges and sex offender registries apply to charged minors once they turn 18? Do they still have to sign up for the registries, and do their records become sealed?
When you're super-conservative, nudity=thinking forbidden thoughts=sin. Logical solution? Remove sources of nudity to prevent sin. As an added bonus, Think of the Children will garner votes.
I'm pretty right wing conservative, and I don't agree with your observation. The school should have given those kids a good, stern talking-to, maybe detention (or some non-legal-record-generating, appropriate punishment) for their actions, and probably contacted their parents.
I quite resent this sort of behavior on the part of our various bureaucracies.
Also, how does one charge a child with possession and/or manufacturing of child porn? As individuals with no (legal) ability to consent, shouldn't they be considered victims of the crime?
Somehow I doubt that it will be
Huh? Could a black guy have been elected in the 60s? No. Can a black guy be elected now? Yes. That, my friend, is a demonstrable improvement.
You consider it to be an improvement of civil rights that a black man got elected? I don't. That he ran, sure. I certainly hope you're not one of those apologists who voted for him because he was black in some sort of misguided effort to "improve" racial equity.
I find the thought of someone being elected because of his race to be absolutely reprehensible, and antithetical to our society.
MLK had a dream that people would be judged by their merits, not the color of their skin.
At any rate, can we finally abandon Affirmative Action? Now that a black man is president, I think we've proven it is quite unnecessary, and detrimental.
Does serving torrents off my phone count?
Torrents are evil and unAmerikan! Who do you think you are? A member of the pirate party in Switzerland!?
Arrrrrr!
Just because it's an earth-sized planet doesn't mean it's Earth-like. Red dwarf stars are very small (no more than half the mass of the Sun). They don't put out much energy so the habitable zones are very small and very close to the planet. Being so close to the sun makes it likely that the planet would be tidally locked (same side always facing the sun) which isn't so good for life. Finally red dwarf stars often have high stellar variation (sometimes fry you, sometimes freeze you), also not so good for life.
So exciting, but keep looking.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitability_of_red_dwarf_systems
Of course, since all we have for reference is our own little lab here on Earth, this is pure speculation.
For all we know, different sorts of life may flourish on a tidally locked world. Or in the vacuum of space, on Jupiter-like worlds, more exotically, in nebulae, stars, inside of black-holes. Maybe not life as we know it, but then again, we might not be life as they know it, either.
We don't even know how life originated here, and we've been poking at that for at least 7000 years. I'm pretty sure we haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_biochemistry
Don't go to any airports if you do leave your stuff alone for a moment. They'll ask you if your stuff has been handled by anyone you don't know about.
Good God, what is the big fucking deal with all the inauguration here?
Some of us are pretty excited about the progression of race relations in the US.
Somehow I doubt that it will be, given that a fairly large portion of the people I've talked to think he was elected because of his race.
Personally, I think it's because he's a silver-tongued devil who sings a sweet siren song.
No, he'll fall on his face like every other president.
your guy and gal lost, you betcha, now get over it you traitorous coward
McCain and Palin weren't right for the job, either. My opinion is that no man who wants to be president should ever be elected president.
I'm not sure why my last comment was marked as flamebait. I was responding to his comments about this president being such a big to do. He's right. It's supposed to be an orderly transition of power, not a circus. I just pointed out that Obama (new Man) won't be any different from Bush, Clinton, or any of the rest of them (the old Men).
And the media verbal fellatio of Obama has crescendoed to a whole new level. Since we're being told constantly that MLK, Jr.'s dream has now been realized, I'm wondering if we can now dispense with the constantly-moving target called Affirmative Action. You know, since we've reached true equality and all, race-based preferential treatment should no longer be required...
Actually, this rather dashes MLK's "dream". As I recall, it made reference to people getting along based on who they were, not the color of their skin. I pretty strongly Obama got elected most likely because he's black (and not even full-blooded black). He's a media darling who will never, ever be able to do wrong.
Also of note: He campaigned on a platform of "change" (the sort of change is left unspecified, but it's Change, dammit!). However, if you will notice, he has a strong penchant for selecting former Clinton administration figures for his appointments.
Change indeed. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Good God, what is the big fucking deal with all the inauguration here? I mean, sure, it is important in that it is the orderly transition of power in the US, but, really people, why are some treating this as the second coming of Christ?
It is just the swearing in of another president....can't we just look at the digested version on the nights news?
Welcome the new Man. Same as the old Man.
Didn't you know? The messiah be here, and his name is Massa Barack Hussein Obama
Well, that's all good and well, unless one wishes himself to be the sole owner and custodian of all medical records pertaining to himself.
For my part, if I'm asked for information pertaining to X by insurance company Y, I may decide to provide it. However, true to how FOIA works, any and all info pertaining to Z will be blacked out (hey, they asked for X, not Z), which I may not have the opportunity to do if someone else is the custodian.
Last I checked that's not even an option. You can't tell a doctor to erase your medical records from his PC, because he's reuired by Obama's new laws to keep it stored electronically.
Not like you can get them to delete medical records as it is. I've requested it multiple times, and I'm always told "the hospital/clinic/etc owns those records, but we can put a flag on them to require your permission to look at them".
Death is a natural part of life. Don't fear the reaper.
Interesting, but that doesn't prove the activity is harmless or positive. This just shows that people who pirate music, like music (go figure). What would happen if they didn't unlawfully gain copies?
I got the distinct impression from that passage that the same thing would happen, since both downloaders and non-downloaders buy just as much music on average. Essentially, downloading doesn't have much effect either way, according to that.
The media industry doesn't make money on the concerts. They make money on album sales.
We simply can't have those poor recording conglomerates losing out on profit margins while those mean old bands make more money on tour and evil pirates get to partake in entertainment! It's unthinkable!
Is it just me, or does Obama seem to have this habit of take a position to be assigned and determine a politically racial/ethnic-makeup-pool to pick candidates from for this position?
Judging from the names of these two picks, and from other positions (as well as the Illinois-vacant-seat debacle, where a black man had to be picked to succeed a black man by a shortly-thereafter-impeached governor whose picks were questionable at best), this seems to be the overriding mode of operation in political circles
Political correctness? Pacification? Class-mongering?
Before this gets modded troll, try reading this as questioning how our system currently works, not how it legally should.