What separates two species form one another is a rather arbitrary set of rules invented by human beings, and not always so clearly marked. The concept of different species is an entirely artificial construct, and thus whether or not evolution brings it about is a somewhat pointless question if you seek some kind of deeper knowledge into the nature of life. This is made all the more true when you realize that the definition of species has changed and continues to change to fit new models.
Life does not really fit into different discrete categories very well because there tend to be a lot of gradients. Personally I think eventually they will come up with a better model for life than the current one involving various hierarchies. Perhaps one that maps genetic drift as opposed to cataloging physical traits.
Come on! How hard is it to pop some triggers on the DB so that any change whatsoever results in the current record being written to the audit trail? Really, how hard is that?
And haven't these folks heard of logical deletes instead of actually deleting it? Use a delete flag, folks! I find it amazing that such concepts are strict requirements for simple things like clinical trial systems, and regulated heavily and audited regularly by the FDA, but our voting system has no such regs or audits.
I'll be happy with Champions Online if they make it more "solo friendly." I like having the option to team up with friends and strangers alike, but City of Heroes fell into the trap of thinking that just because it is an MMO means it should force you to team up to do anything.
The forced teaming in City of Heroes made me feel decidedly less than heroic. Which is ultimately why I stopped playing.
While I agree ancient cities were not so large, modern cities can be larger.
Los Angeles, California is 469 square miles (of land)
Houston, Texas is 579 square miles (of land)
Mind you these cities are defined by borders. From above, there are areas that appear to be extremely large contiguous cities which are actually numerous cities with rather arbitrary borders. Such areas are frequently referred to as megalopolises. Some example of megalopolises are BosWash and ChiPitt.
Ah, I just noticed that. Missed it on my first skim through the article.
My statement remains valid. Under Hustler Magazine, Inc. vs Falwell, a public figure cannot sue for emotional damages. Harassment, a more serious charge, but stemming from the same core action, thus cannot be the resultant sentence for her, even if she hadn't put in the disclaimer. With the disclaimer, this even more blatantly is protected under free speech.
I will preface this by saying I don't know what charge they "convicted" the teenager of.
1) Isn't satire completely protected under the first amendment, ESPECIALLY if it is explicitly stated that it is satire? The page she created had a disclaimer on it.
2) The assistant principal is a public figure, and thus, under Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, can't even sue for emotional distress, let alone have someone convicted of a criminal offense.
The sentence needs to be immediately overturned, the record expunged, and the family should have the right to sue at least the judge, if not the state.
IIRC, human muscle tissue contains myoglobin though, and thus we have red meat.
Though you'd probably have to ask a cannibal to be sure. I'd tell you to ask a hyena, but they have communication issues.
To say we had no army is a gross exaggeration. Prior to World War 1, we had a very small standing army, but we had a standing army nonetheless. The first peacetime draft occurred before America got into the war.
The United States was more blatantly imperialistic in the 1800s than it is currently. Manifest Destiny is an example of that. However you are right in that we are just as imperialistic now as we ever were. The difference is mostly in PR. We no longer take over territories outright, add new states, or absorb entire nations. We do however meddle in the affairs of other nations behind the scenes to ensure that those in power have our best interests at heart. In some cases, this goes to such an extreme that the ruling party/people are actually just puppets of the US government. In some cases in order to achieve these goals, military action is taken. In others, financial aid given to a rebellion or coup. And in some cases, it's just a case of rigging an election or 10.
In some cases, US interests have gone counter to the interests of the people of the nations we seek to control. The US backing the Shah of Iran is a good example of that. The US support of Batista's government in Cuba is another good example. The US's refusal to allow Democratic elections in Vietnam in the 1950s is another good example.
So while the US Government's official position may be to always claim that they support democracy, the reality is far different. Nor is it consistent. In some cases, the US will support a particular government or group believing it to be in the interest of national security. In other cases, it is simply to ensure lucrative business deals for US based businesses. Unfortunately, there isn't a surefire way to know what justification was used when. Attempting to ascertain which justification is used when is, of course, the source of many an argument.
Any system where cobalt is exposed to slow neutrons will yield Cobalt-60. That means any steel exposed to slow neutrons is going to yield Cobalt-60. Seeing as how I have yet to hear of a reactor that isn't built primarily out of steel, you will have Cobalt-60 in a nuclear reactor. Since it's not generally a good idea to nuke your core housing, they won't be disposing of Cobalt-60.
For those unfamiliar with Cobalt-60, it is a radioactive isotope of Cobalt. It decays via beta decay to Nickel-60. It emits 1 electron and 2 gamma rays.
While Cobalt-60 has some uses, the stuff can be quite deadly. It has a halflife of about 5 years so it emits some heavy amounts of radiation but takes decades to become relatively safe.
I'm not sure if Cobalt-60 is created in reactors which use Fast Neutrons though.
It can't be as bad as Katrina. There are currently over 1,000,000 people in the New Orleans metro area. That's AFTER Katrina; the population of new Orleans literally dropped in half since 2000. And Katrina affected a heck of a lot larger area than just the New Orleans metro.
The entire state of Alaska has around 680,000 people.
So while this has the potential to be a major disaster, it will never be anything as bad as Katrina in scale and number of people affected.
As in there might just be a valid reason for requesting a federal judge to stay a decision pending appeals. Obama didn't say "I support warrantless wiretapping". Asking a judge to delay a decision until after appeals are finished isn't support for one decision or another.
Essentially then this DOES actually boil down to a surefire way to completely violate the constitutional right against warrantless search and seizure.
Why? Because:
1) Children MUST go to school by law
2) School administrators may search a child's belongings at any time for essentially any reason
3) Police may then use the fruits of that search in trial
Thus, current laws force children to give up their rights against warrantless search and seizure. Whether it is the administrators or the police conducting the search is irrelevant since the police can just as easily ask the administrators to conduct the search. The only barrier stopping the police then is the administrator, and trusting the administrator to not conduct the search is much the same as trusting the police not to conduct a search.
I think laws need to be revised to make it such that in these cases, the administrators are considered "agents of the police" or something similar. Administrators would therefore be free to search, but using any fruits of such a search at trial should require a warrant that is gained using information NOT supplied by the results of the search.
1) The profit margins are very low for generation (there are no caps on transmission, but there are still restrictions). The power companies here in PA make their real money selling power to other states.
2) The rate caps are bad because if we vote to keep them, we'll wind up with rolling brownouts and blackouts. The cost of generation goes up, but if the caps remain they won't be able to charge any more. As a result, they'll simply stop providing power to Pennsylvanians. It happened in California. So no, socialism in this case is very bad.
3) It's not Capitalism largely because of NIMBYs. NIMBYs push their state representatives and state senators to vote to put in major restrictions and prevent the power plants from being built in their area.
4) It's also not real capitalism because cost of entry is preposterously high, so there's no such thing as a "startup." This may actually change with new small scale renewable energy solutions (like solar).
Oh and none of this has prevented the executives at companies like PPL from collecting multi million dollar bonuses anyway; they just pay their workers less and give them fewer benefits.
It costs 40% more than Pennsylvania because in PA there are rate caps. The rate caps are set to expire next year, at which point our generation rates are apparently going to go up by AT LEAST 40%.
You are paying market rate. Pennsylvania is paying a rate that is kept artificially below market via legislation.
We need monitors with this kind of technology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_D_Cinema
My wife and I saw Bolt and it used this. The glasses looked and felt like normal plastic glasses. In fact, they were disposable. The movie was 3D no matter what angle you looked at it from, and there was absolutely ZERO flicker with the glasses on. Best 3D experience we've ever had.
On the flipside, after the signatures are submitted, the employer is now made aware of the efforts the union is taking, at which point they can then extort their employees into voting "no" in the secret ballot. The employer does after all have a lot of power over their employees.
Wow, my wife said the same thing. She prefers the look of moissanite to diamond because it's "more sparkly".
Not wanting to shell out that kind of cash, I got her a CZ instead.
Never underestimate the marketing power of DeBeers.
While eventually diamonds will be made worthless, the timeframe we are talking about here can be prolonged greatly by DeBeers' marketing department.
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What separates two species form one another is a rather arbitrary set of rules invented by human beings, and not always so clearly marked. The concept of different species is an entirely artificial construct, and thus whether or not evolution brings it about is a somewhat pointless question if you seek some kind of deeper knowledge into the nature of life. This is made all the more true when you realize that the definition of species has changed and continues to change to fit new models.
Life does not really fit into different discrete categories very well because there tend to be a lot of gradients. Personally I think eventually they will come up with a better model for life than the current one involving various hierarchies. Perhaps one that maps genetic drift as opposed to cataloging physical traits.
Come on! How hard is it to pop some triggers on the DB so that any change whatsoever results in the current record being written to the audit trail? Really, how hard is that?
And haven't these folks heard of logical deletes instead of actually deleting it? Use a delete flag, folks! I find it amazing that such concepts are strict requirements for simple things like clinical trial systems, and regulated heavily and audited regularly by the FDA, but our voting system has no such regs or audits.
I'll be happy with Champions Online if they make it more "solo friendly." I like having the option to team up with friends and strangers alike, but City of Heroes fell into the trap of thinking that just because it is an MMO means it should force you to team up to do anything.
The forced teaming in City of Heroes made me feel decidedly less than heroic. Which is ultimately why I stopped playing.
While I agree ancient cities were not so large, modern cities can be larger.
Los Angeles, California is 469 square miles (of land)
Houston, Texas is 579 square miles (of land)
Mind you these cities are defined by borders. From above, there are areas that appear to be extremely large contiguous cities which are actually numerous cities with rather arbitrary borders. Such areas are frequently referred to as megalopolises. Some example of megalopolises are BosWash and ChiPitt.
I'm guessing the next iPhone killer will actually be the next iPhone.
Ah, I just noticed that. Missed it on my first skim through the article.
My statement remains valid. Under Hustler Magazine, Inc. vs Falwell, a public figure cannot sue for emotional damages. Harassment, a more serious charge, but stemming from the same core action, thus cannot be the resultant sentence for her, even if she hadn't put in the disclaimer. With the disclaimer, this even more blatantly is protected under free speech.
I will preface this by saying I don't know what charge they "convicted" the teenager of.
1) Isn't satire completely protected under the first amendment, ESPECIALLY if it is explicitly stated that it is satire? The page she created had a disclaimer on it.
2) The assistant principal is a public figure, and thus, under Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, can't even sue for emotional distress, let alone have someone convicted of a criminal offense.
The sentence needs to be immediately overturned, the record expunged, and the family should have the right to sue at least the judge, if not the state.
IIRC, human muscle tissue contains myoglobin though, and thus we have red meat. Though you'd probably have to ask a cannibal to be sure. I'd tell you to ask a hyena, but they have communication issues.
To say we had no army is a gross exaggeration. Prior to World War 1, we had a very small standing army, but we had a standing army nonetheless. The first peacetime draft occurred before America got into the war.
The United States was more blatantly imperialistic in the 1800s than it is currently. Manifest Destiny is an example of that. However you are right in that we are just as imperialistic now as we ever were. The difference is mostly in PR. We no longer take over territories outright, add new states, or absorb entire nations. We do however meddle in the affairs of other nations behind the scenes to ensure that those in power have our best interests at heart. In some cases, this goes to such an extreme that the ruling party/people are actually just puppets of the US government. In some cases in order to achieve these goals, military action is taken. In others, financial aid given to a rebellion or coup. And in some cases, it's just a case of rigging an election or 10.
In some cases, US interests have gone counter to the interests of the people of the nations we seek to control. The US backing the Shah of Iran is a good example of that. The US support of Batista's government in Cuba is another good example. The US's refusal to allow Democratic elections in Vietnam in the 1950s is another good example.
So while the US Government's official position may be to always claim that they support democracy, the reality is far different. Nor is it consistent. In some cases, the US will support a particular government or group believing it to be in the interest of national security. In other cases, it is simply to ensure lucrative business deals for US based businesses. Unfortunately, there isn't a surefire way to know what justification was used when. Attempting to ascertain which justification is used when is, of course, the source of many an argument.
I said the population of New Orleans dropped by a half, not that the metro area dropped by that much.
Population of New Orleans in 2000: 484,674
Population of New Orleans in 2006: 223,388
The metro area CURRENTLY has slightly over 1,000,000
Any system where cobalt is exposed to slow neutrons will yield Cobalt-60. That means any steel exposed to slow neutrons is going to yield Cobalt-60. Seeing as how I have yet to hear of a reactor that isn't built primarily out of steel, you will have Cobalt-60 in a nuclear reactor. Since it's not generally a good idea to nuke your core housing, they won't be disposing of Cobalt-60.
For those unfamiliar with Cobalt-60, it is a radioactive isotope of Cobalt. It decays via beta decay to Nickel-60. It emits 1 electron and 2 gamma rays.
While Cobalt-60 has some uses, the stuff can be quite deadly. It has a halflife of about 5 years so it emits some heavy amounts of radiation but takes decades to become relatively safe.
I'm not sure if Cobalt-60 is created in reactors which use Fast Neutrons though.
It can't be as bad as Katrina. There are currently over 1,000,000 people in the New Orleans metro area. That's AFTER Katrina; the population of new Orleans literally dropped in half since 2000. And Katrina affected a heck of a lot larger area than just the New Orleans metro.
The entire state of Alaska has around 680,000 people.
So while this has the potential to be a major disaster, it will never be anything as bad as Katrina in scale and number of people affected.
As in there might just be a valid reason for requesting a federal judge to stay a decision pending appeals. Obama didn't say "I support warrantless wiretapping". Asking a judge to delay a decision until after appeals are finished isn't support for one decision or another.
So did Hitler.
Being a great public speaker doesn't make someone automagically a great person.
Violating Godwin doesn't automagically make you insightful.
Essentially then this DOES actually boil down to a surefire way to completely violate the constitutional right against warrantless search and seizure. Why? Because: 1) Children MUST go to school by law 2) School administrators may search a child's belongings at any time for essentially any reason 3) Police may then use the fruits of that search in trial Thus, current laws force children to give up their rights against warrantless search and seizure. Whether it is the administrators or the police conducting the search is irrelevant since the police can just as easily ask the administrators to conduct the search. The only barrier stopping the police then is the administrator, and trusting the administrator to not conduct the search is much the same as trusting the police not to conduct a search. I think laws need to be revised to make it such that in these cases, the administrators are considered "agents of the police" or something similar. Administrators would therefore be free to search, but using any fruits of such a search at trial should require a warrant that is gained using information NOT supplied by the results of the search.
To reply yo each of you:
1) The profit margins are very low for generation (there are no caps on transmission, but there are still restrictions). The power companies here in PA make their real money selling power to other states.
2) The rate caps are bad because if we vote to keep them, we'll wind up with rolling brownouts and blackouts. The cost of generation goes up, but if the caps remain they won't be able to charge any more. As a result, they'll simply stop providing power to Pennsylvanians. It happened in California. So no, socialism in this case is very bad.
3) It's not Capitalism largely because of NIMBYs. NIMBYs push their state representatives and state senators to vote to put in major restrictions and prevent the power plants from being built in their area.
4) It's also not real capitalism because cost of entry is preposterously high, so there's no such thing as a "startup." This may actually change with new small scale renewable energy solutions (like solar).
Oh and none of this has prevented the executives at companies like PPL from collecting multi million dollar bonuses anyway; they just pay their workers less and give them fewer benefits.
It costs 40% more than Pennsylvania because in PA there are rate caps. The rate caps are set to expire next year, at which point our generation rates are apparently going to go up by AT LEAST 40%. You are paying market rate. Pennsylvania is paying a rate that is kept artificially below market via legislation.
I didn't know eBay let you have it end an hour early for another time zone.
We need monitors with this kind of technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_D_Cinema My wife and I saw Bolt and it used this. The glasses looked and felt like normal plastic glasses. In fact, they were disposable. The movie was 3D no matter what angle you looked at it from, and there was absolutely ZERO flicker with the glasses on. Best 3D experience we've ever had.
Oh come on! Someone mod parent funny!
So, could you summarize, in a number, how risky it is to use a single number to represent risk?
On the flipside, after the signatures are submitted, the employer is now made aware of the efforts the union is taking, at which point they can then extort their employees into voting "no" in the secret ballot. The employer does after all have a lot of power over their employees.
Wow, my wife said the same thing. She prefers the look of moissanite to diamond because it's "more sparkly". Not wanting to shell out that kind of cash, I got her a CZ instead.
Never underestimate the marketing power of DeBeers. While eventually diamonds will be made worthless, the timeframe we are talking about here can be prolonged greatly by DeBeers' marketing department.