The legal system was open source a long time before programming. Courts, legislatures, and executives constantly adopt laws from other jurisdictions and modify them. Those modifications are themselves later adopted by other jurisdictions.
Truth is a possible defense to defamation, meaning that the burden of proving truth is on the _publisher_ of the statements in question. This means that if you write something on slashdot defaming me, and I sue you, and I show that it's more likely than not defamatory (which is a big issue in itself), YOU must then prove what you said is true in order to get off.
In the US the burden of proving falsity is on the plaintiff, not the defendant.
Wow, if the People's Daily said it, it must be true. What a bastion of fine reporting, accuracy, and journalistic integrity. I mean, go to their site and search for Tiananmen or Falun Gong or Tibet and you'll see what a reliable paper it is.
This decision does however have the potential to shrink the market share of a certain technologically stagnated and sloppy American OS vendor but that is only to be expected when this American OS vendor's product sucks bigtime.
Say for instance, the ability for the IRS to do the math correct in the first place instead of having to take out money from my check every pay period in the hopes that it will be somewhere near the amount I will actually owe at the end of the year!
Never heard anybody complain about this, your company withholds the percentage of your paycheck that represents your tax burden for the year. The reason it's not usually exact at the end of the year is simply because they can't foresee what deductions you'll decide to go for.
I disagree. Let's say I have my own little domain for my homepage. I don't really want everyone on the planet able to access my personal phone number and address.
Well yeah the problem is the unpredictable setup is funnier than the main plot. Like that episode with the George Lucas-like guy was hilarious until we realized the main plot was just a recycled alcoholism thing. Now the Simpsons was better when instead of doing that they just had two plots, one main and one backup extending through the episode.
So people who vote for a candidate that they believe in are bunch of ignorant fools?
I have no idea why you're responding to my post with this. My point was that the two parties are not the same. How do you extrapolate the above from what I wrote?
NONONONO WRONG. This attitude is exactly what gets us into these horrible situations. First of all, the idea that the parties are similar is just ridiculous. If you think this, you are wrong. No, you're not worldly and wise, you're just ignorant.
Lawyers and CEO's like Daryl just produce briefs and FUD. They delay, lie and prevaricate. They make nothing to humanity's benefit.
That's interesting, I thought the lawyers who argued against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education were acting to humanity's benefit. Guess you degree. And the lawyers who prosecuted war criminals after WW2. Abraham Lincoln, you know that lawyer from way back, I think humanity was better off because of him. And what's that other lawyer's name, oh yeah, Mahatma Gandhi. But it's always refreshing to hear slashdot's opinions on the legal profession, which is interesting because almost overhwelmingly slashdotters are, like most of society, completely ignorant of the law. The only difference is they think they know how it works.
"I'm sorry about obliterating all the storyline all those poor comic book writers and novelists wrote because I gave them permission. I'm so sorry. Oh, what was I thinking? Sorry.
Nah, he shouldn't be sorry about that, the expanded universe stuff wasn't really Star Wars...
If you're an American, don't bother replying to this post, Americans have no idea about cellular tech.
Yeah, just ignore the fact that Americans invented the damn things. The self-esteem problems that plague so many Europeans are kind of sad, I feel bad for you guys.
If your car is stolen in NYC you can just visit all the nice garages around Shea Stadium and find an exact replacement. "Wow, it even has the same license plate!"
The worst part is after all the really inane stories that nobody actually believed, they post a story "revealing" that it was all april foolery, then loudly proclaim how they got us, completely ignoring the fact that every idiotic story was followed by hundreds of posts explaining that it wasn't a very good april fool's hoax.
It's the equivalent of this:
Slashdot editor: YOUR SHOE IS UNTIED!
Slashdot reader: I'm wearing loafers.
Slashdot editor: YOU LOOKED! HAHAHA! I SO GOT YOU!
Slashdot Mirror
The legal system was open source a long time before programming. Courts, legislatures, and executives constantly adopt laws from other jurisdictions and modify them. Those modifications are themselves later adopted by other jurisdictions.
Truth is a possible defense to defamation, meaning that the burden of proving truth is on the _publisher_ of the statements in question. This means that if you write something on slashdot defaming me, and I sue you, and I show that it's more likely than not defamatory (which is a big issue in itself), YOU must then prove what you said is true in order to get off.
In the US the burden of proving falsity is on the plaintiff, not the defendant.
Wow, if the People's Daily said it, it must be true. What a bastion of fine reporting, accuracy, and journalistic integrity. I mean, go to their site and search for Tiananmen or Falun Gong or Tibet and you'll see what a reliable paper it is.
This decision does however have the potential to shrink the market share of a certain technologically stagnated and sloppy American OS vendor but that is only to be expected when this American OS vendor's product sucks bigtime.
Aww. Red Hat's not THAT bad...
So either live in MA and pay the cost or move to NH and enjoy your tax-free isolation.
Or stop obsessing over every little cent, stay in NYC, and enjoy the best place in the world.
Say for instance, the ability for the IRS to do the math correct in the first place instead of having to take out money from my check every pay period in the hopes that it will be somewhere near the amount I will actually owe at the end of the year!
Never heard anybody complain about this, your company withholds the percentage of your paycheck that represents your tax burden for the year. The reason it's not usually exact at the end of the year is simply because they can't foresee what deductions you'll decide to go for.
Girl magnet.
I disagree. Let's say I have my own little domain for my homepage. I don't really want everyone on the planet able to access my personal phone number and address.
Well yeah the problem is the unpredictable setup is funnier than the main plot. Like that episode with the George Lucas-like guy was hilarious until we realized the main plot was just a recycled alcoholism thing. Now the Simpsons was better when instead of doing that they just had two plots, one main and one backup extending through the episode.
I really haven't seen any recently. A lot of them start out funny but sort of just get weird and inane after the first 5 minutes.
If by "a load of junk" you mean "a lot of pictures of people pointing at your goofy-looking glasses and laughing," then you're absolutely right.
Bah, I'm a slashdotter, I get that already...
More like 12 great seasons. After seeing the recent episodes I really don't care too much if the show ends.
So people who vote for a candidate that they believe in are bunch of ignorant fools?
I have no idea why you're responding to my post with this. My point was that the two parties are not the same. How do you extrapolate the above from what I wrote?
Stanislaw Lem has a story about this in Pirx the Pilot. I'm going to assume then that the banging sound is a robot.
NONONONO WRONG. This attitude is exactly what gets us into these horrible situations. First of all, the idea that the parties are similar is just ridiculous. If you think this, you are wrong. No, you're not worldly and wise, you're just ignorant.
Lawyers and CEO's like Daryl just produce briefs and FUD. They delay, lie and prevaricate. They make nothing to humanity's benefit.
That's interesting, I thought the lawyers who argued against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education were acting to humanity's benefit. Guess you degree. And the lawyers who prosecuted war criminals after WW2. Abraham Lincoln, you know that lawyer from way back, I think humanity was better off because of him. And what's that other lawyer's name, oh yeah, Mahatma Gandhi. But it's always refreshing to hear slashdot's opinions on the legal profession, which is interesting because almost overhwelmingly slashdotters are, like most of society, completely ignorant of the law. The only difference is they think they know how it works.
Alienware lost me when they started selling machines with geforce FX5200 ultras for like $1700. I mean, how stupid do they think we are?
Completely and utterly irrelevant.
Him: Games are too expensive.
You: No they're not, they've always been expensive.
See? Doesn't make sense.
"I'm sorry about obliterating all the storyline all those poor comic book writers and novelists wrote because I gave them permission. I'm so sorry. Oh, what was I thinking? Sorry.
Nah, he shouldn't be sorry about that, the expanded universe stuff wasn't really Star Wars...
Today Bush unveiled the new plan to feed America's poor.
Sadly enough you know it's an April Fool's hoax with that first sentence alone.
It's later, not earlier, but in Asimov's Prelude to Foundation the Mycogenian names contained numbers (i.e. Sunmaster Fourteen).
In real life it was quite common in ancient Rome to give children numeric names (Quintus, Sextus, etc.).
If you're an American, don't bother replying to this post, Americans have no idea about cellular tech.
Yeah, just ignore the fact that Americans invented the damn things. The self-esteem problems that plague so many Europeans are kind of sad, I feel bad for you guys.
If your car is stolen in NYC you can just visit all the nice garages around Shea Stadium and find an exact replacement. "Wow, it even has the same license plate!"
The worst part is after all the really inane stories that nobody actually believed, they post a story "revealing" that it was all april foolery, then loudly proclaim how they got us, completely ignoring the fact that every idiotic story was followed by hundreds of posts explaining that it wasn't a very good april fool's hoax.
It's the equivalent of this:
Slashdot editor: YOUR SHOE IS UNTIED! Slashdot reader: I'm wearing loafers. Slashdot editor: YOU LOOKED! HAHAHA! I SO GOT YOU!
I believe that's called a flock.