Most "lying"-type crimes -- e.g., lying to the police or perjury -- require you to willfully lie. In other words, you had to know you were lying and done it intentionally. Even then for perjury at least it has to be a lie about a material matter, so minor lies don't really qualify as perjury. You are right to never talk to the police outside the presence of your attorney though.
As a Slashdot reader since 1999, I can assure you that the Slashdot editors have a long and stories history of making the strangest decisions as to who is an "expert" in the field they want written about (Jon Katz anyone?).
As a licensed attorney since 2006, I can also assure you that Bennett Haselton always gets the law wrong at a deep, fundamental level. I used to post explanations of where he went wrong on his stories but then I just gave up.
Whoa, dude, how did you figure out I am the same person who drafted U.S. anti-drug laws and engineered their passage into law??? I thought my slashdot anonymity would prevent that realization!
"Why would we believe they could accomplish something on this scale?"
Because they are the only ones who actually have successfully created healthcare systems on that scale, specifically medicare, medicaid, and the VA system.
Nothing arbitrary about it; if the other side is trying to do an end-run around the democratic process to shut down a government program they don't like, why would you shut down that program for them?
Your point was that the rest of the world is benefiting fine is just wrong. Europe has a worse labor problem than the United States. China has a tremendous oversupply of college graduates who cannot find work. The simple fact is that there is not enough work on the planet to support the large number of educated would-be professionals that want it. And this problem is exacerbated when you concentrate wealth into the hands of a tiny percentage.
Why do people on the Far Right Fringe incessantly capitalize Words that Don't Need to be capitalized? And actually, the US is far less of a "Leftist Welfare State" than it was in the 70's.
Technology allows jobs to be done with less manual effort. By its very nature, it leads to less jobs; if it didn't, it wouldn't be adopted. Replacing 50 auto workers with 1 robot may create 1 robot repair tech job, but it's not going to produce 50. Otherwise you'd keep the auto workers on the job.
"I've found drugs users are never as self-destructive as reported in media and if something starts spreading on the street is because the risk benefit makes sense. Which means the scaremongering must be ratcheted up."
People die from heroin overdose, or the effects of heroin use, all the time. Increasing the supply and decreasing the price of this is not the best way to stop that from happening.
A science-based approach is certainly possible based on empirical studies; 300 years of successful science has shown us that; look, for example, at John Snow's discovery of the source of the 1854 cholera outbreak in London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak). He didn't know the mechanism of contagion but he didn't have to in order to stop the outbreak.
Anyway, there is plenty known about the mechanisms of endocrine disruptors, specifically that they can mimic endogenous hormones and block them from binding with cells. An article calling into question the population effects of a single one -- BPA -- does not mean past experiments on other disruptors are not reproducible.
Hahaa....oh man. "Arrogance." Yes, that's how science works. A->B unless the Arrogance Coefficient is too high, in which case Zeus steps in and prevents B from happening because he hates human pride. Do you even listen to yourself talk?
"but this behavior is consistent with other times that Jobs wasn't running the place."
It's more consistent with other times that Jobs WAS running the place. This kind of control freak behavior would have been something that was classic Jobs, and I'm thinking by now it's deeply ingrained in the culture he created.
"Even Apple"? Apple has never been cutting edge in terms of technology. They're good at physical design and interfaces but they have never really done anything groundbreaking. While you can argue this is an interface issue, while Apple is good at improving them they aren't really good at coming up with innovative new ones.
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"The proposed idea is juvenile and not worth debating, but typical of the kind of nonsense that Libertarians think is worth their time to discuss."
That's the entire history of Slashdot.
Most "lying"-type crimes -- e.g., lying to the police or perjury -- require you to willfully lie. In other words, you had to know you were lying and done it intentionally. Even then for perjury at least it has to be a lie about a material matter, so minor lies don't really qualify as perjury. You are right to never talk to the police outside the presence of your attorney though.
As a Slashdot reader since 1999, I can assure you that the Slashdot editors have a long and stories history of making the strangest decisions as to who is an "expert" in the field they want written about (Jon Katz anyone?).
As a licensed attorney since 2006, I can also assure you that Bennett Haselton always gets the law wrong at a deep, fundamental level. I used to post explanations of where he went wrong on his stories but then I just gave up.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/15/20026512-chinas-7-million-recent-graduates-compete-in-toughest-job-market-ever?lite
http://www.ibtimes.com/future-chinese-college-graduates-bleak-more-half-will-have-take-blue-collar-jobs-2020-1298875
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/05/why-chinese-college-graduates-arent-getting-jobs/276187/
"Have fun sleeping tonight, murderer."
Whoa, dude, how did you figure out I am the same person who drafted U.S. anti-drug laws and engineered their passage into law??? I thought my slashdot anonymity would prevent that realization!
"Why would we believe they could accomplish something on this scale?"
Because they are the only ones who actually have successfully created healthcare systems on that scale, specifically medicare, medicaid, and the VA system.
Nothing arbitrary about it; if the other side is trying to do an end-run around the democratic process to shut down a government program they don't like, why would you shut down that program for them?
Your point was that the rest of the world is benefiting fine is just wrong. Europe has a worse labor problem than the United States. China has a tremendous oversupply of college graduates who cannot find work. The simple fact is that there is not enough work on the planet to support the large number of educated would-be professionals that want it. And this problem is exacerbated when you concentrate wealth into the hands of a tiny percentage.
Are you one of those sad, sad people who think that a shiny technological device is a necessity because it's so very, very shiny?
Why do people on the Far Right Fringe incessantly capitalize Words that Don't Need to be capitalized? And actually, the US is far less of a "Leftist Welfare State" than it was in the 70's.
Never been to Europe, have we. Or China.
Technology allows jobs to be done with less manual effort. By its very nature, it leads to less jobs; if it didn't, it wouldn't be adopted. Replacing 50 auto workers with 1 robot may create 1 robot repair tech job, but it's not going to produce 50. Otherwise you'd keep the auto workers on the job.
"If you don't like that, consider the alternatives. No, let me correct that, the alternative. "NO IPHONE IN CHINA.""
That's a better alternative.
Uhh, no, they updated their charger interface more than once. Try using an iphone 1 charger with an iphone 4 and get back to me.
As a Florida resident that comment offends me. Or, it would offend me if it wasn't completely a valid and well-earned insult.
"I've found drugs users are never as self-destructive as reported in media and if something starts spreading on the street is because the risk benefit makes sense. Which means the scaremongering must be ratcheted up."
Not familiar with the meth epidemic, then.
"If heroine were legal, nobody would die"
People die from heroin overdose, or the effects of heroin use, all the time. Increasing the supply and decreasing the price of this is not the best way to stop that from happening.
If you legalize heroin, you will get many, many, many more people trying it. I am not for jailing addicts, but the dealers, why not?
A science-based approach is certainly possible based on empirical studies; 300 years of successful science has shown us that; look, for example, at John Snow's discovery of the source of the 1854 cholera outbreak in London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak). He didn't know the mechanism of contagion but he didn't have to in order to stop the outbreak.
Anyway, there is plenty known about the mechanisms of endocrine disruptors, specifically that they can mimic endogenous hormones and block them from binding with cells. An article calling into question the population effects of a single one -- BPA -- does not mean past experiments on other disruptors are not reproducible.
Hahaa....oh man. "Arrogance." Yes, that's how science works. A->B unless the Arrogance Coefficient is too high, in which case Zeus steps in and prevents B from happening because he hates human pride. Do you even listen to yourself talk?
"but this behavior is consistent with other times that Jobs wasn't running the place."
It's more consistent with other times that Jobs WAS running the place. This kind of control freak behavior would have been something that was classic Jobs, and I'm thinking by now it's deeply ingrained in the culture he created.
BitCoins are already fiat currency. In some ways they are more fiat than any other currency on earth.
Couldn't you get the same effect for less money by just setting up paper shredders?
"Even Apple"? Apple has never been cutting edge in terms of technology. They're good at physical design and interfaces but they have never really done anything groundbreaking. While you can argue this is an interface issue, while Apple is good at improving them they aren't really good at coming up with innovative new ones.
Huh? Many, many U.S. localities use incinerators, including waste-to-energy plants. What made you think we didn't have them here?