A fake online university would be fraud, in any state. Thus, that argument is irrelevant.
Coursera is free, as in no charge. Thus, that argument is also irrelevant.
They don't offer accredited degrees. Thus, that argument is irrelevant.
Just because you and I know that, doesn't mean the politicians do. It still very well could be that the politicians think that this is just another fly-by-night scam-iversity. Dunno how likely that is as I did not RTFA, but all your points rely on the politicians knowing what you know, and you haven't showed that they do.
So that's what the kids are calling it these days, "Off Making Other Universes".
Well.. I read a story once where the universe is actually the fetus of the creator's child, and all humans are actually the same soul being reborn again and again throughout all of time, and I guess once that soul has lived through every single human ever, is when the creator's child is "born".
My first TiVo (a series 2) was the same way. But that was because at the time, there was no other option for recording the encrypted content from the cable company. Cablecard didn't exist yet, did it?
I suppose some boxes could still work similarly, but unless the box from your cable company has multiple outputs for each tuner, you'll be limited to recording a single program at a time.
More like you don't realize that there are no doors, and there's a giant sign out front in a language you don't understand that is inviting everyone and their dog inside.
Accessible does not automatically mean welcoming any and all actions against them.
Um, I never said it did.
When I open the curtains to my windows in the back yard, anyone in the back yard could see in them. However, that is not an invite for you to trespass and look into them at night when no one is watching.
So anyone who has already entered your yard, a yard which I am guessing displays no invitations to authorize access to strangers, would be able to see inside your house. I'm not really sure how this is comparable. Maybe if your yard had some giant East Asian sculpture that you did not realize was a sign meaning "travelers, come stop here!", but I'm guessing it doesn't.
Is it unauthorized access if the computer owner authorized access to everyone and their dog, even if they didn't realize they did? Why?
You could extend that logic to say it's OK to mug little old ladies
A person being defenseless is not the same thing as that person welcoming any and all actions against them. And no, the little old lady choosing to calmly follow the mugger's instructions because she realizes what would happen if she tried anything does not count as welcoming any and all actions against her.
I'm fed up of seeing people abuse provisions that are put in place to protect those with genuine medical/pschological needs
Genuine according to who? I've admittedly not been following this too closely, but I was under the impression that actual, certified doctors have said that he has a genuine medical/psychological condition. Do you have a problem with the diagnosis itself? The particular doctors who made the diagnosis? The regulatory body they report to? Or do I just have the wrong understanding?
Implying that the majority of rapists are black is not the same thing as implying that the majority of black people are rapists. Likewise, implying that the majority of people who are against homosexuality believe in an Invisible Sky Daddy is not the same thing as implying that the majority of people who believe in an Invisible Sky Daddy are against homosexuality.
An opt out policy assumes that everyone is a safe doner which is not the case.
That only makes sense if they don't bother to test the organs prior to transplanting them. And I'm fairly certain they already do that under current opt-in policy, so why would they suddenly stop if the policy were changed to opt-out?
AC didn't say kiddie porn, AC said under-18 porn. Presumably they mean something like 17 years old rather than 7 years old.
Not that I agree that it is a bad thing. A line should be drawn somewhere, and age 18 seems as good a place as any. Just pointing out that under-18 porn does not necessarily constitute kiddie porn.
As much as possible? IANAL, but it sounded like even if the only part of the car that was manufactured outside the US was the car's cupholder, then you'd need permission from that cupholder company to sell the car.
While I see your point (it's certainly possible for someone to be so addicted to coffee that it impacts their performance at work), I feel there is at least one crucial difference between coffee and cigarettes.
No 15 minute interruption of work because you can get your fix right at your desk. After all, addictions are only bad if they keep you from working.;)
the problem is in Romney's case, it was not the sort of question you'd want a future president to be needing to slip in.
While I'm no fan of Romney, simply asking something like that isn't really a problem. What matters is what happens after someone informs them about the reason. Do they learn and realize why windows on aircraft should not be rolled down, or do they try and ram through policy to force aircraft manufacturers to enable all windows be rolled down while ignoring everyone around them trying to explain why such a policy is dumb? Or perhaps even worse, having him try and ram such a policy through without even bothering to ask the question.
ask stupid questions
There are only two stupid questions. The one not asked, and the one asked again and again because you don't like the answers you are given. I've not heard Romney pushing the idea beyond that one question, so at the moment, I cannot call it dumb.
I actually only meant that about the wood/nails. OP raised good points regarding paint (which could likely translate to water sealer as well) so I didn't talk about that.
Or, you could just be a troll, plug your ears and go "nuh uh! You iz dumbz if you use algebra for that! Derp!" Like you are now. Let me know how that turns out for you whe you need to build something.
Not the OP, but I thought their point was "you don't need complex mathematics for all that, just a basic understanding of math". For example..
you can use it to determine how many 2x4s you will need to build that deck, and how many nails it will take.
I find it hard to believe that anything higher than a basic understanding of math (how to add/subtract/multiply/divide) is needed for such tasks.
Unless... did you mean so that you can figure out how to not over-engineer the deck?
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A fake online university would be fraud, in any state. Thus, that argument is irrelevant.
Coursera is free, as in no charge. Thus, that argument is also irrelevant.
They don't offer accredited degrees. Thus, that argument is irrelevant.
Just because you and I know that, doesn't mean the politicians do. It still very well could be that the politicians think that this is just another fly-by-night scam-iversity. Dunno how likely that is as I did not RTFA, but all your points rely on the politicians knowing what you know, and you haven't showed that they do.
So that's what the kids are calling it these days, "Off Making Other Universes".
Well.. I read a story once where the universe is actually the fetus of the creator's child, and all humans are actually the same soul being reborn again and again throughout all of time, and I guess once that soul has lived through every single human ever, is when the creator's child is "born".
I'm afraid to ask why you need more than 2 gloves...
It's illegal and a contract violation to work with Cablecard while not sucking.
And yet, strangely enough, Verizon, Comcast, etc have not sued TiVo into the ground.
So which cable company's payroll are you on?
My first TiVo (a series 2) was the same way. But that was because at the time, there was no other option for recording the encrypted content from the cable company. Cablecard didn't exist yet, did it?
I suppose some boxes could still work similarly, but unless the box from your cable company has multiple outputs for each tuner, you'll be limited to recording a single program at a time.
You forget to lock your door [...]
More like you don't realize that there are no doors, and there's a giant sign out front in a language you don't understand that is inviting everyone and their dog inside.
Accessible does not automatically mean welcoming any and all actions against them.
Um, I never said it did.
When I open the curtains to my windows in the back yard, anyone in the back yard could see in them. However, that is not an invite for you to trespass and look into them at night when no one is watching.
So anyone who has already entered your yard, a yard which I am guessing displays no invitations to authorize access to strangers, would be able to see inside your house. I'm not really sure how this is comparable. Maybe if your yard had some giant East Asian sculpture that you did not realize was a sign meaning "travelers, come stop here!", but I'm guessing it doesn't.
but unauthorised access is unauthorised access
Is it unauthorized access if the computer owner authorized access to everyone and their dog, even if they didn't realize they did? Why?
You could extend that logic to say it's OK to mug little old ladies
A person being defenseless is not the same thing as that person welcoming any and all actions against them. And no, the little old lady choosing to calmly follow the mugger's instructions because she realizes what would happen if she tried anything does not count as welcoming any and all actions against her.
I'm fed up of seeing people abuse provisions that are put in place to protect those with genuine medical/pschological needs
Genuine according to who? I've admittedly not been following this too closely, but I was under the impression that actual, certified doctors have said that he has a genuine medical/psychological condition. Do you have a problem with the diagnosis itself? The particular doctors who made the diagnosis? The regulatory body they report to? Or do I just have the wrong understanding?
Wait, not practicing appeasement is now considered war-mongering?
Still alive, not come back to life. Unless you're implying that Einstein was buried alive...
Implying that the majority of rapists are black is not the same thing as implying that the majority of black people are rapists. Likewise, implying that the majority of people who are against homosexuality believe in an Invisible Sky Daddy is not the same thing as implying that the majority of people who believe in an Invisible Sky Daddy are against homosexuality.
if there were a way to REGULATE
If? I think you underestimate the ability of a bureaucrat to find a way to regulate something. ;)
An opt out policy assumes that everyone is a safe doner which is not the case.
That only makes sense if they don't bother to test the organs prior to transplanting them. And I'm fairly certain they already do that under current opt-in policy, so why would they suddenly stop if the policy were changed to opt-out?
So if someone were to kill you because of your post, does that mean your death should be ruled a suicide? :P
Kiddie porn? Boohoo.
AC didn't say kiddie porn, AC said under-18 porn. Presumably they mean something like 17 years old rather than 7 years old.
Not that I agree that it is a bad thing. A line should be drawn somewhere, and age 18 seems as good a place as any. Just pointing out that under-18 porn does not necessarily constitute kiddie porn.
Excluding the two stars, **ckmeharder is 10 characters. **ckmehard would work though, as would **ckmesilly.
As much as possible? IANAL, but it sounded like even if the only part of the car that was manufactured outside the US was the car's cupholder, then you'd need permission from that cupholder company to sell the car.
While I see your point (it's certainly possible for someone to be so addicted to coffee that it impacts their performance at work), I feel there is at least one crucial difference between coffee and cigarettes.
;)
No 15 minute interruption of work because you can get your fix right at your desk. After all, addictions are only bad if they keep you from working.
That sounds like the kind of thing a rapist tells their victim. "Your mouth says no but your body says yes, so clearly you must actually want this."
Who said she was stealing it for herself? Maybe she was stealing it because if she can't be filled with the stuff, then no bottle will?
As to whether you signed the social contract, well, you don't get to freely live in someone's house just because you were born there, do you?
For about 18 years you do. :P
the problem is in Romney's case, it was not the sort of question you'd want a future president to be needing to slip in.
While I'm no fan of Romney, simply asking something like that isn't really a problem. What matters is what happens after someone informs them about the reason. Do they learn and realize why windows on aircraft should not be rolled down, or do they try and ram through policy to force aircraft manufacturers to enable all windows be rolled down while ignoring everyone around them trying to explain why such a policy is dumb? Or perhaps even worse, having him try and ram such a policy through without even bothering to ask the question.
ask stupid questions
There are only two stupid questions. The one not asked, and the one asked again and again because you don't like the answers you are given. I've not heard Romney pushing the idea beyond that one question, so at the moment, I cannot call it dumb.
I actually only meant that about the wood/nails. OP raised good points regarding paint (which could likely translate to water sealer as well) so I didn't talk about that.
Or, you could just be a troll, plug your ears and go "nuh uh! You iz dumbz if you use algebra for that! Derp!" Like you are now. Let me know how that turns out for you whe you need to build something.
Not the OP, but I thought their point was "you don't need complex mathematics for all that, just a basic understanding of math". For example..
you can use it to determine how many 2x4s you will need to build that deck, and how many nails it will take.
I find it hard to believe that anything higher than a basic understanding of math (how to add/subtract/multiply/divide) is needed for such tasks.
Unless... did you mean so that you can figure out how to not over-engineer the deck?
Do the new Nooks have bluetooth? I don't remember seeing it listed in the tech specs, and Barnes & Noble's website is throwing fits now.