The whole idea of 'strict liability' crime is that there is, in fact, no judgement call to make; you either did or did not perform the crime, and there are no 'mitigating factors' or 'extenuating circumstances.'
Go look up the differences between 'strict liability,' 'negligence,' 'recklessness,' 'knowingly,' and 'purposefully.' I'd suggest looking at the Model Penal Code, rather than a specific state or federal statute.
What legal standard of 'gross negligence?' We're talking strict liability. There's no concept of reckless, negligent, premeditated, knowingly and willingly. You're either are mishandling classified information, or you aren't.
Nope, but I'm not asserting that I do; I'm asking you: If you believe Clinton should be prosecuted for having classified info go through a private server, would you also agree that any member of the current administration, who has so much as one email with classified info go through a non-classified server, should be subject to the exact same treatment and penalties?
Ok, but the whole point that was made about the Clinton version is that this is a strict-liability crime; there's no mens rea, you either did or did not do the proscribed action; if you did, you're guilty, regardless of intent, severity, duration, etc etc.
Well, you're now claiming that current administration members who put classified info into unclassified emails shouldn't be charged under this strict-liability, 'no exceptions' law. Why is that?
I'm enjoying it. They're making a lot of references to the EU of Trek; the old Pocket Books novel series that really fleshed out most of it (such as, for example, the Klingons wanting to be declared 'Unforgettable') and what not. ST:TAS introduced basic holodecks to the original Enterprise, so whatever.
Which leads to the second point; *real life* has already outstripped TOS in so many ways, it would be impossible to make a 'prequel' that looked like 'earlier technology' than TOS without it looking really fucking stupid. Besides, I remember when ST:TMP came out, people asked 'why do Klingons look different?' Roddenberry said 'That's what they've always looked like, we just didn't have the capability back in the 60s.'
Third, I thought they did a great job of coming up with, dare I say, the first 'logical' explanation of why Sarek would hook up with a human woman, and why he was able to get away with it.
Nobody's saying it's innovative; the mechanics have been built into NT for literally decades. But now when you can't trust users to access their own files, it's necessary.
Yes, it's very helpful. Think of it when your phone says 'Program X would like to access your photos/camera/location services/microphone/address book/whatever.'
It was 'The Day After' that changed Regan's mind. I also remember one day, as a child, flipping through the three channels available to me, and coming across a delightfully whimsical cartoon, on TVO, called 'When The Wind Blows,' about a slightly dotty old retired British couple, which I sat down to watch. It didn't stay delightfully whimsical.
"Eat less, move more" has been discredited for decades. Your body's metabolism will quite happily downshift in the face of calorie reduction. Your body isn't a theoretical 'three laws of thermodynamics' equation.
Lose the soda; it's not calories that matter so much, it's insulin response, and 'diet' sodas still kick off that response. Do your eating between noon and 8 PM. Watch the fat literally melt off.
Seriously. Give those two things a try, and report back in a month. Weigh yourself daily at the same time, and measure your waistline daily at the same time.
Given that fat is 'stored energy,' fasting while maintaining a correct amount of fluid intake, and possibly a multivitamin every once in a while, is a perfectly cromulant way to get rid of some of that fat.
Calorie reduction doesn't work; the metabolism just adjusts. "Eat less, move more" has been discredited for decades. No, the trick is 'eat less often,' not less, and 'get rid of as much sugar as you can,' so your insulin levels lower, your insulin resistance lowers, and your body's set weight level drops.
Intermittant fasting, baby. Do all your eating between, say, noon and 8 PM. Eat as little sugar as possible (really, for most people, this means don't drink pop or juice) and don't fall for artificial sweeteners, stevia, or any of that other crap.
Orville gets the "feel" of the original ST shows a lot more even though it has it's own problems.
Something about the music bothers me; it needs more gravitas or something. But if the show gets some time to settle down and find it's legs, I think it'll be great. Episode three, especially the 'resolution,' was dark and well done.
The problem with statements like this is that every time we've pointed at somewhere on Earth and said 'That part is missing some essential Requirement for Life,' turns out we've been wrong.
Hell, this is true of anything. I remember one of my first corporate gigs, I installed a few racks of servers, with really nice UPSes. Set up the management software to run self tests, rotated discharge tests, the whole nine yards. Even scheduled the occasional test of 'yank the power cord.'
What happens the first time there's a real power outage? One of the UPSes flips out, locks up, doesn't transfer over to the battery, and down goes the rack. Never happened again.
Try the Camulod Chronicles (I think it's called the Dream of Eagles Cycle or something in the US) by Jack Whyte.
Arthurian legend, told as historically plausible, and the first novel starts two or three generations before Arthur is even born, with Britain still under Roman rule, and the warning signs and portents of the fall of the Empire spurring some citizens to start making plans.
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Sure, can you link to the statute in question?
The whole idea of 'strict liability' crime is that there is, in fact, no judgement call to make; you either did or did not perform the crime, and there are no 'mitigating factors' or 'extenuating circumstances.'
Go look up the differences between 'strict liability,' 'negligence,' 'recklessness,' 'knowingly,' and 'purposefully.' I'd suggest looking at the Model Penal Code, rather than a specific state or federal statute.
Can a sentence be 'objectively negative?' Or is it always going to be subjective?
What legal standard of 'gross negligence?' We're talking strict liability. There's no concept of reckless, negligent, premeditated, knowingly and willingly. You're either are mishandling classified information, or you aren't.
Nope, but I'm not asserting that I do; I'm asking you: If you believe Clinton should be prosecuted for having classified info go through a private server, would you also agree that any member of the current administration, who has so much as one email with classified info go through a non-classified server, should be subject to the exact same treatment and penalties?
Ok, but the whole point that was made about the Clinton version is that this is a strict-liability crime; there's no mens rea, you either did or did not do the proscribed action; if you did, you're guilty, regardless of intent, severity, duration, etc etc.
Well, you're now claiming that current administration members who put classified info into unclassified emails shouldn't be charged under this strict-liability, 'no exceptions' law. Why is that?
Every once in a while, I'm forcefully reminded of why classic 80s cyberpunk had the idea of the Megacorp. This is one of those times.
I'm enjoying it. They're making a lot of references to the EU of Trek; the old Pocket Books novel series that really fleshed out most of it (such as, for example, the Klingons wanting to be declared 'Unforgettable') and what not. ST:TAS introduced basic holodecks to the original Enterprise, so whatever.
Which leads to the second point; *real life* has already outstripped TOS in so many ways, it would be impossible to make a 'prequel' that looked like 'earlier technology' than TOS without it looking really fucking stupid. Besides, I remember when ST:TMP came out, people asked 'why do Klingons look different?' Roddenberry said 'That's what they've always looked like, we just didn't have the capability back in the 60s.'
Third, I thought they did a great job of coming up with, dare I say, the first 'logical' explanation of why Sarek would hook up with a human woman, and why he was able to get away with it.
Nobody's saying it's innovative; the mechanics have been built into NT for literally decades. But now when you can't trust users to access their own files, it's necessary.
Yes, it's very helpful. Think of it when your phone says 'Program X would like to access your photos/camera/location services/microphone/address book/whatever.'
It's ACL by program, rather than by login.
Dial-A-Yield B61 bombs are still in active development.
It was 'The Day After' that changed Regan's mind. I also remember one day, as a child, flipping through the three channels available to me, and coming across a delightfully whimsical cartoon, on TVO, called 'When The Wind Blows,' about a slightly dotty old retired British couple, which I sat down to watch. It didn't stay delightfully whimsical.
"Eat less, move more" has been discredited for decades. Your body's metabolism will quite happily downshift in the face of calorie reduction. Your body isn't a theoretical 'three laws of thermodynamics' equation.
Lose the soda; it's not calories that matter so much, it's insulin response, and 'diet' sodas still kick off that response. Do your eating between noon and 8 PM. Watch the fat literally melt off.
Seriously. Give those two things a try, and report back in a month. Weigh yourself daily at the same time, and measure your waistline daily at the same time.
Given that fat is 'stored energy,' fasting while maintaining a correct amount of fluid intake, and possibly a multivitamin every once in a while, is a perfectly cromulant way to get rid of some of that fat.
Calorie reduction doesn't work; the metabolism just adjusts. "Eat less, move more" has been discredited for decades. No, the trick is 'eat less often,' not less, and 'get rid of as much sugar as you can,' so your insulin levels lower, your insulin resistance lowers, and your body's set weight level drops.
Intermittant fasting, baby. Do all your eating between, say, noon and 8 PM. Eat as little sugar as possible (really, for most people, this means don't drink pop or juice) and don't fall for artificial sweeteners, stevia, or any of that other crap.
Adequate: satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
Didn't a Terry Pratchett novel use that exact line to describe a clear, blue, sunny day, as a lampshade of that little onwards-march of technology?
Microsoft gets yelled at when they bundle software, and they get yelled at when they unbundle software.
Japan doesn't have shooting sprees, but America, so far, hasn't had nerve gas released into subway systems.
Go rewatch Amok Time. The idea that Vulcans are benevolent and good-natured is a real retcon.
Something about the music bothers me; it needs more gravitas or something. But if the show gets some time to settle down and find it's legs, I think it'll be great. Episode three, especially the 'resolution,' was dark and well done.
The problem with statements like this is that every time we've pointed at somewhere on Earth and said 'That part is missing some essential Requirement for Life,' turns out we've been wrong.
Hell, this is true of anything. I remember one of my first corporate gigs, I installed a few racks of servers, with really nice UPSes. Set up the management software to run self tests, rotated discharge tests, the whole nine yards. Even scheduled the occasional test of 'yank the power cord.'
What happens the first time there's a real power outage? One of the UPSes flips out, locks up, doesn't transfer over to the battery, and down goes the rack. Never happened again.
Try the Camulod Chronicles (I think it's called the Dream of Eagles Cycle or something in the US) by Jack Whyte.
Arthurian legend, told as historically plausible, and the first novel starts two or three generations before Arthur is even born, with Britain still under Roman rule, and the warning signs and portents of the fall of the Empire spurring some citizens to start making plans.
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