How can you say that? Aren't you afraid someone will think you aren't "tough"?
Seriously, I find all these oh-so-tough-guys saying that they'd beat the thief up hilarious. It's like those pathetic "Terrorist Hunting Permit" stickers I see in the cars of pasty, overweight chickenhawks.
(Now expect someone to follow up with BS about being a Navy Seal or a black-belt or some damn thing. Yeah, sure.)
Well, maybe it doesn't stun you because you're so used to it but more people than not in this world live in countries where this would never get investigated, nevermind released.
Yes, in the US, we're much more sophisticated about such things. A few relatively low-level "bad apples" are caught and punished. That way, there may be a little outcry, but most people actually end up believing that there's real oversight.
Surely no government of a free and democratic country would be based on such a radical ideal. Give people information like that and next thing you know they'll want some voice in how that money gets spent, and that way lies anarchy.
But Al Gore's "Assault On Reason" explores this in the first chapter. The rest of his book is, of course, a political piece on the Bush administration. But, to be fair, he doesn't give them any criticism they don't deserve.
To be even more fair, it'd be tough these days to write a book called "The Assault on Reason" without writing a lot about the Bush Administration. It'd be sort of like writing about elephants without mentioning the one in everyone's living room.
Dick Cheney notwithstanding, it's harder to shoot someone in the face than in the torso. Smaller target, you know. That's why training for human targets tends to emphasize torso shots.
If you haven't heard about the history of "second chance" one of the very first commercial vest manufacturers, that is basically how they sold it. Walk into a police station, pull a gun, shoot oneself at point blank. Put the gun, vest, and business card on the front desk and walk out. As I understand they arrested the founder (Richard Davis) for firing a pistol within city limits, and placed a huge order.
What kind of idiot would walk into a police station and pull a gun? (And what kind of police force would let someone walk out of the building after a stunt like that?)
Whether it's something we see as fair or not, the law considers it your duty to familiarize yourself with it or accept the consequences of not being familiar with it.
I'd argue against it but, frankly, without it, Paris Hilton's, "Like, uh, I'm rich! My nail buffer said I could like totally keep driving with a suspended license. I, like, had no idea that was bad." would have been a valid defense.
In general, that's true, but I gather that most judges don't expect everyone to be thoroughly familiar with laws and legal ramifications. It's worth noting in this case that the cop reportedly wasn't sure whether he was breaking the law, while pretty much any cop would know that it's not legal to drive with a suspended license.
(I'm not saying that the cops knowledge is the deciding factor, only pointing out that knowing the law isn't always as straightforward as your Hilton example.)
According to Wikipedia, the Younger Dryashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas was not preceeded by the Older Wetass. It was a short period of time between the Pleistocene and the current Holocene climate eras.
I read the article and there is no reason why Negroponte objects to Intel's efforts other than it undercuts his own project. If the goal is to have a cheap robust laptop for education, does it matter who makes it?
The goal of the OLPC project is to make cheap, robust laptops for education. Intel's goal is to make money. There's nothing inherently wrong with Intel's goal, but it's very important to keep it in mind.
Kinda like how the U.S. main stream media does not mention Dennis Kucinich or Ron Paul.
Corporate media focuses on serious candidates, which are easily distinguished from non-serious candidates because... um... because if Kucinich or Paul were serious candidates, they'd be getting more media coverage.
Actually, I get the impression that at least some in Washington prefer an elusive and often invisible enemy. This way, it's a lot easier to just make shit up.
The odds of life are rare. The odds of intelligent life are even rarer...
The first sentence is a guess. We don't know enough yet to make a meaningful estimate on how rare or common life is. That's part of why the search for extraterrestrial life is interesting.
The second sentence (and 3rd, 4th, and 5th) is a given, but not very helpful. (Simple logic indicates that intelligent life can't be more common than life, and so on.)
There was this guy (I forget his name) executed for some crime a couple of thousand years ago, and there are multiple organizations, big and small, arguing about that. Heck, sometimes they even get to killing each other over it. Go figure.
The Arctic ice cap floats, but much of the Antarctic doesn't. There's actual land under a lot of that ice.
Also, as large quantities of polar ice melts, it changes salinity levels, which may have difficult-to-predict effects on ocean currents. And ocean currents are a significant factor in climate patterns.
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Seriously, I find all these oh-so-tough-guys saying that they'd beat the thief up hilarious. It's like those pathetic "Terrorist Hunting Permit" stickers I see in the cars of pasty, overweight chickenhawks.
(Now expect someone to follow up with BS about being a Navy Seal or a black-belt or some damn thing. Yeah, sure.)
... it'd be a shame if somethin' happen to it. Know what I mean?"
Surely no government of a free and democratic country would be based on such a radical ideal. Give people information like that and next thing you know they'll want some voice in how that money gets spent, and that way lies anarchy.
It's full of stars!
Maybe asking all of your employees to call a recruiter isn't exactly a good idea ...
I hope Places is on that level, but I also hope there's a way to make it look and work like Bookmarks, for them as prefer them.
Dick Cheney notwithstanding, it's harder to shoot someone in the face than in the torso. Smaller target, you know. That's why training for human targets tends to emphasize torso shots.
It sounds like marketing fiction to me.
(I'm not saying that the cops knowledge is the deciding factor, only pointing out that knowing the law isn't always as straightforward as your Hilton example.)
("Less corporate-dominated", I'd agree. But "objective" ...?)
Actually, I get the impression that at least some in Washington prefer an elusive and often invisible enemy. This way, it's a lot easier to just make shit up.
Everybody has an accent. (Ask a linguist.) Basically, it sounds like you just want everybody to have the same accent that you do. Good luck.
The second sentence (and 3rd, 4th, and 5th) is a given, but not very helpful. (Simple logic indicates that intelligent life can't be more common than life, and so on.)
There was this guy (I forget his name) executed for some crime a couple of thousand years ago, and there are multiple organizations, big and small, arguing about that. Heck, sometimes they even get to killing each other over it. Go figure.
The Arctic ice cap floats, but much of the Antarctic doesn't. There's actual land under a lot of that ice.
Also, as large quantities of polar ice melts, it changes salinity levels, which may have difficult-to-predict effects on ocean currents. And ocean currents are a significant factor in climate patterns.
Then we can decide for ourselves whether there's any link between smoking and cancer.
... bringing more facts into the discussion is obviously biased.
... nobody is willing to give any of them a blowjob.