Yes. I hold both these beliefs. The justice system is not about blame, it's about keeping criminals safe from society and (in my mind) rehabilitating them.
You would never blame a computer for a programmer's error, but you would try to fix the bugs, and if there was a dangerous bug you couldn't fix you wouldn't use that computer.
A quantum leap refers to a change that's so significant that it doesn't bear any resemblance to the previous state of affairs. That is, it went from state A to state Z without crossing the intervening (state) space.
Interesting. I honestly thought there would be no legal problem with doing that...
Though it raises the question of how many levels of indirection are required before it becomes legal. What if I have no idea where to buy drugs, but I just point you to someone who knows where to go?
The sibling is correct - it's metadata about the location of the file.
If I stand on a street corner downtown handing out maps of where to buy drugs, can I be arrested even if I have no connection to the people actually selling drugs?
How can you seriously think that? There are millions of people downloading torrents from TBP every day, and the court clearly doesn't intend to fine them billions of dollars per day.
The fine is 5000 euros each, per day. Don't you think that's enough?
So each character, in addition to an HP meter and an MP meter, also has a hunger meter, bathroom meter, and tiredness meter? And then if any of those meters get up too high they get some status effect that prevents them from fighting adequately?
Seems like a cool idea, until you realise that having 4 characters in your party, all of whom need to eat, sleep, and shit at differing times, makes it really difficult to actually PLAY THE GAME. The last thing I want to do when levelling up before that boss fight is make 14 extra trips back to base so my guys can take a dump.
I can think of many situations in which "Do you believe in God" would be a relevant question. Namely most trials in the deep South. "Yes" = innocent, "No" = guilty.
I think the above idea of a "People's advocate", to whom the jurors submit written questions and who screens them for relevancy isn't a bad idea, though the question of what's relevant or prejudicial is a thorny one.
I use 1MW a month at home
No you don't. You use 1MWh per month, or 1.4 KW. A watt is a measure of power - ie, the rate at which energy is being used. A 60 watt bulb uses 60 watts when it's on and no watts when it's off. A watt-hour is a measure of the total energy used (one watt for an hour), which is what you're billed for.
A 2.5MW plant running at capacity a month produces 1.8 GWh of energy (roughly $180,000 worth where I live).
Yup. 5 years ago, movie tickets used to cost $14 at my local theatre. Now they cost $10.99 - a 30% drop after accounting for inflation.
Most new video games cost $59.99 - the same as new SNES games cost in 1994. That's another 30% drop after accounting for inflation, not to mention the hugely increased costs of development since then.
It stands to reason that if content producers can recoup some of their costs via alternative revenue models, competition will force the prices down.
Yup. In fact, with over 200 countries, I'd say there's some pretty solid free-market competition in governmental systems. By living here, you've agreed to abide by the rules of this system.
(To the GP:) Can't find a system you like? I wonder if there's a reason for that...
But the thing is, the reason people are willing to pay $200k is the novelty of it. How many people are going to want to pay $200k to go up a second time, or a fifth?
Eventually they'll have to drop the price to continue attracting new customers - hopefully their cost comes down as quickly or they'll become unprofitable.
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You're right. They're talking about it because Congress hasn't given them the funds to continue supporting the ISS beyond 2016. But they aren't doing it as a threat, they're doing it because there are international treaties that require them to deorbit it after they stop supporting it.
Nobody at NASA actually wants to destroy it so soon after completing it, but if Congress doesn't fund it they won't have a choice.
Same reason decaffeinated coffee costs more than regular coffee. They have to pay someone to go in and strip out the DRM!
Music always comes wrapped in DRM, that's the natural state of things. I know it's true because the RIAA told me.
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Yes. I hold both these beliefs. The justice system is not about blame, it's about keeping criminals safe from society and (in my mind) rehabilitating them.
You would never blame a computer for a programmer's error, but you would try to fix the bugs, and if there was a dangerous bug you couldn't fix you wouldn't use that computer.
1/640 kb should be enough for anybody!
A quantum leap refers to a change that's so significant that it doesn't bear any resemblance to the previous state of affairs. That is, it went from state A to state Z without crossing the intervening (state) space.
Hence, quantum.
Interesting. I honestly thought there would be no legal problem with doing that...
Though it raises the question of how many levels of indirection are required before it becomes legal. What if I have no idea where to buy drugs, but I just point you to someone who knows where to go?
What if I just point you to the general area?
Get a brain!
The sibling is correct - it's metadata about the location of the file. If I stand on a street corner downtown handing out maps of where to buy drugs, can I be arrested even if I have no connection to the people actually selling drugs?
How can you seriously think that? There are millions of people downloading torrents from TBP every day, and the court clearly doesn't intend to fine them billions of dollars per day. The fine is 5000 euros each, per day. Don't you think that's enough?
That's why, by the year 2032, we'll have nothing but 30 second product jingles on all the radio stations.
I'm sorry, I don't follow your line of reasoning.
Seems like a cool idea, until you realise that having 4 characters in your party, all of whom need to eat, sleep, and shit at differing times, makes it really difficult to actually PLAY THE GAME. The last thing I want to do when levelling up before that boss fight is make 14 extra trips back to base so my guys can take a dump.
Why did The Sims stop being fun for you?
Did you mean moot?
Sorry, pet peeve.
I can think of many situations in which "Do you believe in God" would be a relevant question. Namely most trials in the deep South. "Yes" = innocent, "No" = guilty.
I think the above idea of a "People's advocate", to whom the jurors submit written questions and who screens them for relevancy isn't a bad idea, though the question of what's relevant or prejudicial is a thorny one.
I use 1MW a month at home No you don't. You use 1MWh per month, or 1.4 KW. A watt is a measure of power - ie, the rate at which energy is being used. A 60 watt bulb uses 60 watts when it's on and no watts when it's off. A watt-hour is a measure of the total energy used (one watt for an hour), which is what you're billed for.
A 2.5MW plant running at capacity a month produces 1.8 GWh of energy (roughly $180,000 worth where I live).
Or fortunate (or planned), given how much free advertising they got out of it.
1.8" Toshiba hard drives.
Unless you're a table.
Yup. 5 years ago, movie tickets used to cost $14 at my local theatre. Now they cost $10.99 - a 30% drop after accounting for inflation.
Most new video games cost $59.99 - the same as new SNES games cost in 1994. That's another 30% drop after accounting for inflation, not to mention the hugely increased costs of development since then.
It stands to reason that if content producers can recoup some of their costs via alternative revenue models, competition will force the prices down.
Nope, you're right. Real-world considerations always drop the actual throughput to something less than the theoretical max.
Actually 10base is 10Mbps, or 1.25 MB/s.
5.46MB/s is close to half of a 100BaseT.
I hear there's good old-fashioned forking going on at Burning Man all the time!
Yup. In fact, with over 200 countries, I'd say there's some pretty solid free-market competition in governmental systems. By living here, you've agreed to abide by the rules of this system.
(To the GP:) Can't find a system you like? I wonder if there's a reason for that...
It's also like the Model T and ENIAC. Nobody used those for for than a few years either.
But the thing is, the reason people are willing to pay $200k is the novelty of it. How many people are going to want to pay $200k to go up a second time, or a fifth? Eventually they'll have to drop the price to continue attracting new customers - hopefully their cost comes down as quickly or they'll become unprofitable.
You're right. They're talking about it because Congress hasn't given them the funds to continue supporting the ISS beyond 2016. But they aren't doing it as a threat, they're doing it because there are international treaties that require them to deorbit it after they stop supporting it.
Nobody at NASA actually wants to destroy it so soon after completing it, but if Congress doesn't fund it they won't have a choice.
Same reason decaffeinated coffee costs more than regular coffee. They have to pay someone to go in and strip out the DRM! Music always comes wrapped in DRM, that's the natural state of things. I know it's true because the RIAA told me.