Who said you'd be able to load up "PS3.exe" from within your chosen OS? I see it more as you are given a boot menu, and you can either boot into PS3 mode or boot off the first HDD.
Because it can ruin your reputation if what they said was wrong? A better question is, what would be the better way to fight this?
1) Trying to silence anyone who says you've got a crappy and unsanitary store.
Pros: If you succeed, the comment is like it was never made.
Cons: If you fail, the Streisand effect.
2) Issuing a response proving them wrong.
Pros: You have truth on your side.
Cons: If MSM has taught me anything, it's that truth is bollocks and all that matters is scary news.
I had a third option when I began writing this, but I can't remember what it was anymore. >.>
Now I'm not advocating Mr Bordie's actions, merely playing Devil's Advocate.
It may not be their job, but who wants to be known as "those reporters" who didn't tell the police about a bunch of criminals who had bank details for 75% of all German bank accounts?
Yeah, I always thought that "looks under age X" thing to be kinda funny. Almost implies that the following conversation could occur...
liquor_seller: ID please.
buyer: Why?
seller: We ID everyone under 25.
buyer: Oh, well I'm 26 so you don't need to card me.
seller: Ok. *sells the alcohol*
Obviously such a situation is ludicrous, but still.. they really should simply say "card everyone."
Keeping a drug illegal certainly limits the drug's use as many people do not want to pay to potential legal / social cost of getting caught.
But on the flip-side, those people that do use it may become worse off than if the drug had been legal and regulated in order to ensure a certain level of quality control (think adding baking soda to dilute crack so that you can sell more of it).
There are lots of millionaires with the time and money to fight these laws, why mention George Zimmer specifically? Do his beliefs indicate that he'd wish to fight them?
If I may play Devil's Advocate.. whatever was on the watch could have grown over time, with the immune system of the owner of the watch keeping pace so it did not effect them. But when thrown at someone all at once (the GP), it could severely effect ones health.
While what you say is true, I do not believe antibacterial soap uses those kinds of antibacterials, but instead it does use ingredients that can create super bugs. Of course, that could have just been FUD I'd read somewhere..
So what you're saying is that getting the vaccine protects against a first infection much better than getting and fighting off chicken pox protects against a second infection? Perhaps it's my ignorance showing, but that just doesn't sound likely.
Not quite true. It could be that it doesn't hurt it, but doesn't help it either, in which case there are no pressures for or against that trait, so it may or may not remain.
Used CDs already have the right of first sale protecting them. What I'm wondering about though is renting/borrowing CDs. I mean, why hasn't the RIAA gone after libraries for their lending of music CDs? I'm not saying that they should, only that it seems odd, since by their logic, the libraries are clearly "making available".
But I guess they can't really use the "look, scary computer jargon" tactic in those situations.
Probably not, you were purchasing something then and there, you weren't paying back a debt. Kinda like how stores can legally tell you that you cannot purchase an item using bills greater than 20, or by using all pennies.
Not that they need to what with all the parents getting their children fingerprinted in case of kidnapping.
I don't know what the current state of affairs is with that, but I seem to recall it being something of a big thing in my youth (I know I was fingerprinted for just this reason).
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Who said you'd be able to load up "PS3.exe" from within your chosen OS? I see it more as you are given a boot menu, and you can either boot into PS3 mode or boot off the first HDD.
I never put noses on my emoticons anyway ;)
If you're not used to it and/or already emotionally geared towards it
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You forgot a third option, being psychotic.
Because it can ruin your reputation if what they said was wrong? A better question is, what would be the better way to fight this?
1) Trying to silence anyone who says you've got a crappy and unsanitary store.
Pros: If you succeed, the comment is like it was never made.
Cons: If you fail, the Streisand effect.
2) Issuing a response proving them wrong.
Pros: You have truth on your side.
Cons: If MSM has taught me anything, it's that truth is bollocks and all that matters is scary news.
I had a third option when I began writing this, but I can't remember what it was anymore. >.>
Now I'm not advocating Mr Bordie's actions, merely playing Devil's Advocate.
It probably has something to do with facing Mecca but I don't know what about that could be "too soon".
Then take two pictures? One to store/compare and another which actually goes on the license?
It may not be their job, but who wants to be known as "those reporters" who didn't tell the police about a bunch of criminals who had bank details for 75% of all German bank accounts?
Yeah, I always thought that "looks under age X" thing to be kinda funny. Almost implies that the following conversation could occur...
liquor_seller: ID please.
buyer: Why?
seller: We ID everyone under 25.
buyer: Oh, well I'm 26 so you don't need to card me.
seller: Ok. *sells the alcohol*
Obviously such a situation is ludicrous, but still.. they really should simply say "card everyone."
In the second scenario, this must be illegal since there is copious amounts of this type of pornography scattered across the web.
That's some curious logic you've got going on there. "There's a lot of it, so therefore it must be illegal." o.0
Keeping a drug illegal certainly limits the drug's use as many people do not want to pay to potential legal / social cost of getting caught.
But on the flip-side, those people that do use it may become worse off than if the drug had been legal and regulated in order to ensure a certain level of quality control (think adding baking soda to dilute crack so that you can sell more of it).
Thank you for picking out the parts where GP Godwin'd the discussion, I never could have found them without you.
I know you were making a joke, but the same could be said about groups that pledge to not reproduce, yet they continue to gain new members.
There are lots of millionaires with the time and money to fight these laws, why mention George Zimmer specifically? Do his beliefs indicate that he'd wish to fight them?
I seem to recall from somewhere that the amount is $3000. If we think of a brick of ramen costing $0.10, then 30000 bricks of ramen.
If I may play Devil's Advocate.. whatever was on the watch could have grown over time, with the immune system of the owner of the watch keeping pace so it did not effect them. But when thrown at someone all at once (the GP), it could severely effect ones health.
washing your hands afer having a pee - urine is antiseptic so what does it gain?
Hands that don't smell like urine? :P
While what you say is true, I do not believe antibacterial soap uses those kinds of antibacterials, but instead it does use ingredients that can create super bugs. Of course, that could have just been FUD I'd read somewhere..
So what you're saying is that getting the vaccine protects against a first infection much better than getting and fighting off chicken pox protects against a second infection? Perhaps it's my ignorance showing, but that just doesn't sound likely.
Not quite true. It could be that it doesn't hurt it, but doesn't help it either, in which case there are no pressures for or against that trait, so it may or may not remain.
Used CDs already have the right of first sale protecting them. What I'm wondering about though is renting/borrowing CDs. I mean, why hasn't the RIAA gone after libraries for their lending of music CDs? I'm not saying that they should, only that it seems odd, since by their logic, the libraries are clearly "making available".
But I guess they can't really use the "look, scary computer jargon" tactic in those situations.
When the corporation is an ISP/Phone company and you're getting VOIP service from someone who is not them? Probably about the same.
Probably not, you were purchasing something then and there, you weren't paying back a debt. Kinda like how stores can legally tell you that you cannot purchase an item using bills greater than 20, or by using all pennies.
Not that they need to what with all the parents getting their children fingerprinted in case of kidnapping.
I don't know what the current state of affairs is with that, but I seem to recall it being something of a big thing in my youth (I know I was fingerprinted for just this reason).
Better than text-sanitize-operate-repeat.
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