hardly anybody has a clue what need in their life (beyond "oooh shiny!") the iPad might sate.
The only thing I could think of is that it would be GREAT for traveling. Unfortunately I don't travel much, so I didn't get one, but I can easily see a heavy traveler picking one up.
I'm not *that* old, but back when I was in school they provided decently healthy meals and they tasted amazing. Completely against the stereotypes of 'horrid' school lunches, our stuff was better than what you get at most chain restaurants, but I think that was because the cafeteria was staffed mostly with 40+ year old grandmothers of Polish and Slovak descent who were excellent cooks in their own homes.
Where exactly was this mystical school? Our lunches were terrible.
when you got by acting on what you thought you saw in one of those images. Wow. Do they cut out that little part of the brain with the "do not lie" label when you become a lawyer?
The IT STAFF acted upon it? Funny, I thought a school administrator did.
Or better yet, they should be made to appoint attorneys like some jurisdictions do already. That makes any difference between real attorneys and public defenders moot.
In many jurisdictions I'd take a public defender over just about any lawyer in general practice. In fact, I think those jurisdictions which appoint from a general pool of lawyers disadvantage criminal defendants a lot more than places with an actual PD organization.
The thing is, even going by 18th century standards, I think locking someone up for 40 years for possessing recreational pharmaceuticals would shock the conscience of the people back then as well.
Ehhh...under Daubert that's just one variable; it's possible to get something that hasn't been generally accepted by the scientific community, if the judge believes there are other indicia of reliability.
Obviously it's not fair, but Federal Courts tend not to be, for criminal defendants. The question is whether it's Constitutional, which it probably is under modern interpretations of the Constitution (though the Supreme Court and I disagree on what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment).
Actually the story you link to says the sentencing judge can take into account charges the defendant was acquitted on, but implies that the ultimate jail sentence can't be extended past the maximum sentence for the charge they were convicted on.
You have a belt buckle with your name on it, don't you? This is the exact silliness the OP was making fun of. Why do modern-day Texans have this image of themselves as tough? The average Texan lives in a suburb and doesn't go anywhere except in an air-conditioned pickup truck. And how am I a "rager"? I just find you guys amusing. You know what I'd do if someone mocked me to my face? What the vast majority of civilized people would do, which is walk away.
It all goes back to the fact that the defense, prosecution and judge want to mold the mind of the jury. The judge can't stand the idea that the jury might want to research what other judges say the law means, what the legal code actually says in raw text, what happened, etc.
The problem is, when it comes to legal interpretation incomplete understanding is dangerous. Look at the average slashdotter, who I would characterize as smarter and better-educated than the average American juror, yet repeatedly get the law completely wrong.
Yeah I tried it and it was kind of fun, but not as much as SC 1 was. Maybe I'm just getting too old. The weird thing is I've found that the only games I seem to enjoy these days are RPGs, particularly with a 3rd person perspective.
It does not! If you think you have a reasonable argument, please provide a reference -- from a Church document -- showing that this is the case. Celibacy is the norm for all Catholic priests of the Latin rite. (Is it possible that you're asserting that one of the Eastern rites allows married priests?)
I don't think it sounds right either, but I know I've read that in certain individual cases, mainly for clergyman from other faiths who convert then become priests, they are allowed to remain married.
Allowing women to become priests and allowing priests to marry is not a solution to reinvigorate the Church or gain greater numbers of priests. Sure, there is considerable amount of social pressure to conform to these demands, but please note that many mainstream Protestant churches have taken exactly these measures... and not only are their numbers of ministers not increasing, but they're decreasing again, also!
Depends on the sect. There are some incredibly successful protestant churches right now.
The problem with ministerial life is that it's a life of giving, and not a life of receiving. In a society where everyone wants to be "Paris Hilton", there's little incentive to aspire to be Mother Teresa
I don't buy it, and I never have. There is not something morally bankrupt about modern culture that did not exist previously. The vast, vast majority of people have no desire to be Paris Hilton.
And I would even say on a religious level, Christian groups are a lot more "giving" nowadays than they tended to be in previous decades, where Christianity was frequently simply a label for an intolerant right-wing ideology; the modern evangelical movement is a lot more focused on actual good works than the fundamentalists of the 20th century.
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By the way, you all are going to love the President's choice for a new solicitor general to replace her...
After having seen the next version "leak" I'm certainly holding off replacing my 3G until it's available.
Why? It looked dull and unimpressive.
hardly anybody has a clue what need in their life (beyond "oooh shiny!") the iPad might sate.
The only thing I could think of is that it would be GREAT for traveling. Unfortunately I don't travel much, so I didn't get one, but I can easily see a heavy traveler picking one up.
I'm not *that* old, but back when I was in school they provided decently healthy meals and they tasted amazing. Completely against the stereotypes of 'horrid' school lunches, our stuff was better than what you get at most chain restaurants, but I think that was because the cafeteria was staffed mostly with 40+ year old grandmothers of Polish and Slovak descent who were excellent cooks in their own homes.
Where exactly was this mystical school? Our lunches were terrible.
Frankly, she is.
Not much to know. She's managed to get quite far in her career without making it known what she believes in.
when you got by acting on what you thought you saw in one of those images. Wow. Do they cut out that little part of the brain with the "do not lie" label when you become a lawyer?
The IT STAFF acted upon it? Funny, I thought a school administrator did.
Or better yet, they should be made to appoint attorneys like some jurisdictions do already. That makes any difference between real attorneys and public defenders moot.
In many jurisdictions I'd take a public defender over just about any lawyer in general practice. In fact, I think those jurisdictions which appoint from a general pool of lawyers disadvantage criminal defendants a lot more than places with an actual PD organization.
The thing is, even going by 18th century standards, I think locking someone up for 40 years for possessing recreational pharmaceuticals would shock the conscience of the people back then as well.
eg. Having professional juries full of experts in psychology/technology/etc
Because when they wrote the Constitution, there were plenty of psychologists around?
Ehhh...under Daubert that's just one variable; it's possible to get something that hasn't been generally accepted by the scientific community, if the judge believes there are other indicia of reliability.
Obviously it's not fair, but Federal Courts tend not to be, for criminal defendants. The question is whether it's Constitutional, which it probably is under modern interpretations of the Constitution (though the Supreme Court and I disagree on what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment).
Actually the story you link to says the sentencing judge can take into account charges the defendant was acquitted on, but implies that the ultimate jail sentence can't be extended past the maximum sentence for the charge they were convicted on.
How many Steam games are there now? When the group that buys out a failing Valve finds out about this non-legally binding "promise",
Why do you think it's not legally binding?
You have a belt buckle with your name on it, don't you? This is the exact silliness the OP was making fun of. Why do modern-day Texans have this image of themselves as tough? The average Texan lives in a suburb and doesn't go anywhere except in an air-conditioned pickup truck. And how am I a "rager"? I just find you guys amusing. You know what I'd do if someone mocked me to my face? What the vast majority of civilized people would do, which is walk away.
And maybe a touch of sour grapes. Adobe treated Apple like a second class platform back in the 90's when Apple was at its weakest.
You mean, back when it WAS a second class platform?
Now that Apple is on top of this market I think Steve Jobs is handing out a little payback. Loyalty, or the lack of it, is hard to forget.
Apple owes a tremendous amount to Adobe; without Photoshop Apple would even today be in a weaker position.
For those 10%, it does have some good.
You know, it's easy to mock Texans (from a safe distance)
Safe distance? What if I do it to their face? What are they going to do about it?
Why is just about everyone here assuming this is a criminal case when the summary clearly says it's a civil one?
I think the OP meant being able to do field work with that specific mechanical engineer could be very appealing.
It all goes back to the fact that the defense, prosecution and judge want to mold the mind of the jury. The judge can't stand the idea that the jury might want to research what other judges say the law means, what the legal code actually says in raw text, what happened, etc.
The problem is, when it comes to legal interpretation incomplete understanding is dangerous. Look at the average slashdotter, who I would characterize as smarter and better-educated than the average American juror, yet repeatedly get the law completely wrong.
Yeah I tried it and it was kind of fun, but not as much as SC 1 was. Maybe I'm just getting too old. The weird thing is I've found that the only games I seem to enjoy these days are RPGs, particularly with a 3rd person perspective.
It does not! If you think you have a reasonable argument, please provide a reference -- from a Church document -- showing that this is the case. Celibacy is the norm for all Catholic priests of the Latin rite. (Is it possible that you're asserting that one of the Eastern rites allows married priests?)
I don't think it sounds right either, but I know I've read that in certain individual cases, mainly for clergyman from other faiths who convert then become priests, they are allowed to remain married.
Allowing women to become priests and allowing priests to marry is not a solution to reinvigorate the Church or gain greater numbers of priests. Sure, there is considerable amount of social pressure to conform to these demands, but please note that many mainstream Protestant churches have taken exactly these measures... and not only are their numbers of ministers not increasing, but they're decreasing again, also!
Depends on the sect. There are some incredibly successful protestant churches right now.
The problem with ministerial life is that it's a life of giving, and not a life of receiving. In a society where everyone wants to be "Paris Hilton", there's little incentive to aspire to be Mother Teresa
I don't buy it, and I never have. There is not something morally bankrupt about modern culture that did not exist previously. The vast, vast majority of people have no desire to be Paris Hilton.
And I would even say on a religious level, Christian groups are a lot more "giving" nowadays than they tended to be in previous decades, where Christianity was frequently simply a label for an intolerant right-wing ideology; the modern evangelical movement is a lot more focused on actual good works than the fundamentalists of the 20th century.
And lawyers. Lots of lawyers.
It is difficult to understate how little security there is in the legal field.