Agreed, and maybe the emotional makeup of those involved with the prosecution should be thrown into question. They are running around like chickens with their heads cut off, "OMGOMGOMG! Hang the bastard!"
It reminds me of an incident in my high school days. Someone drew a traditional Navajo symbol on a chalk board that bore a remote resemblance to a swastika. My Spanish teacher, a lady of Jewish descent, flew into an emotional rampage calling for the expulsion and prosecution of the offender. Fortunately, our school's administration was a little more rational about it.
In this case they should refer the kid to counseling, and keep an eye on him. But no, they are taking an approach that could actually cause damage, but hey everyone feels like they are doing something. They are just assuming its right in the light of other recent events.
Holy crap! Smalville is in Serbia? not Kansas? Any reports of people with odd abilities coming out of Serbia lately? any stories of a flannel clad Serbian teen giving these gifted people a hard time? or maybe we should watch this area in the coming years now that the "meteor rocks" have been dug up and people are getting exposed.
the difference between 'pedophile' (or 'ephebophile' or 'Minor-attracted adult') and 'child molester'. There's a HUGE difference between the two.
Whatever helps you sleep at night, Pedophile, Ephebophile, 'Minor-attracted adult'(though the term is just ridiculous, then again what it describes is also ridiculous), or whatever you call yourself. I just hope you mean the difference is whether you act on it or not, an not whether the act was consentual. I just hope you keep those urges in check.
minor-attracted adults WTF?WTF?WTF?WTF? I thought I had seen it all . . . how the hell can you soften the term pedophile like that?
I suppose you would call Drug Dealers Illicit Pharmaceutical Vendors and refer to serial killers as those inflicted with Obsesive Compulsive Life Removal Disorder
It isn't a feeble attempt to protect me from myself, but a way to force payment processing companies to keep Government workers away from online gambling sites . . . . so why no anti-internet porn bill? One that passed, I mean.
I can understand your dislike of Blockbuster. I am no fan of Blockbuster myself. But does that help the Netflix case hold water? In my opinion, no.
Patenting the "keep the DVD as long as you like" feature, or the "Swap for a new DVD" on the return of the previous is ludicrous, and just because we don't like one player in this game doesn't mean they are wrong in this particular situation.
Neteller only takes a cut if you are in a hurry for the funds. Whenever I withdraw I do an EFT, and there is no fee. It just takes 3-5 business days to process.
When I first got set up, I had to do an EFT transfer from my bank account, because my debit card kept getting declined. I beleive that Neteller has been marked by the credit card companies due to its popularity for online gamers.
Strange, I selected "preview" to check my tags, and it *sumitted*.
Oh well, take 2 :
He might have been an idiot, but not a dumb one.
OK . . .
Being an Oregon tax payer it makes me feel soooo much better to hear that the idiot isn't dumb and may still be working in the Department of Revenue . . . WHAT ABOUT DISCIPLINARY ACTION????? Is our semi-intelligent idiot going to pay any consequence?
This isn't all that surprising considering the only thing that really comes into contact with a toilet seat is one's ass. In modern society we all run around with our asses covered by at least one layer of clothing, if not two or more. So it isn't a good collection/deposit point for the average nomad germ. The hands however, are rarely covered, and often come into contact with things that other germ carrying hands will touch(read deposit germs onto). We sneaze into our hands, and then go on to touch light switches, doorknobs, handrails, etc. Which countless others will touch, and countless more have already touched. So we drop a couple germs, while picking some up. So, our disgusting hands deposit all these germs onto the keyboard . . .
Maybe this would be a little clearer if somebody did a test of the germ content of the average ass(gleut area only, the sphincter cant count it doesn't come into contact with the toilet seat, at least lets hope not) versus thast of the averag hand. I am willing to bet the ass turns out to be cleaner . . .
What would the effects of such a field be on the passengers and crew??? Sure, the ship gets to Mars in 3 hours, but crashes on the surface -- because all the ships occupants are either dead or useless puddles of goo . . .
we are patenting the laboratory copy of that thing.
I didn't think you could patent copies of things. I thought it had to be an actual invention, and they can't really say that they have invented anything.
You aren't paying for the paper, components, newness, or anything like that. They are looking for a development relationship. They want customers that, as other earlier posts indicate, are looking to develop some mass marketed device. The $3000 is really the ante to weed out hobbyists, and other companies that are too small or not serious enough about a development like this. I work in the electronics industry, and have as both a customer and a vendor, and I have seen devkits like this go from $2500 - $5000. The people eInk wants to play with are used to this kind of expenditure, but also understand that they are getting more than a little piece of electronics attached to a piece of paper -- they are getting, as I said before, a design and development relationship, which they hope develops into a longer term relationship.
Congress passes this law, and what next? Registrations and titles for these devices? Otherwise this whole tracking scheme breaks down as soon as the individual sells it to another person, or donates it to a charity.
I personally couldn't even tell you the names of any of the people who have purchased my old printers. I donate them to the Goodwill. So, now I need to worry that someone else purhcases it, uses it for "EVIL"(Voice of Mermaid Man from SpongeBob), and I am the first stop during an investigation. "Sure you donated it . . . "
I guess that would mean that the charities would probably be required to collect information, and submit it any time they sold donated devices.
I don't care what anyone else says here, but this can get messy just about any way you think of it.
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No, If stores, banks, homes, businesses, etc. were designed in such a way as to prevent crime there would be no need for police.
Agreed, and maybe the emotional makeup of those involved with the prosecution should be thrown into question. They are running around like chickens with their heads cut off, "OMGOMGOMG! Hang the bastard!"
It reminds me of an incident in my high school days. Someone drew a traditional Navajo symbol on a chalk board that bore a remote resemblance to a swastika. My Spanish teacher, a lady of Jewish descent, flew into an emotional rampage calling for the expulsion and prosecution of the offender. Fortunately, our school's administration was a little more rational about it.
In this case they should refer the kid to counseling, and keep an eye on him. But no, they are taking an approach that could actually cause damage, but hey everyone feels like they are doing something. They are just assuming its right in the light of other recent events.
Holy crap! Smalville is in Serbia? not Kansas? Any reports of people with odd abilities coming out of Serbia lately? any stories of a flannel clad Serbian teen giving these gifted people a hard time? or maybe we should watch this area in the coming years now that the "meteor rocks" have been dug up and people are getting exposed.
Hmmmmm, a searchable "Wall of Weird", cool.
You would have to have a unique dongle per "work" wouldn't you? So my mp3 player would have 1 dongle per album? or release year?
Sorry, e has been taken for years now, but it isn't exactly a programming language its a Hardware Verification Language. http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800419943_480400_daed8 03e200606_no.HTM
the difference between 'pedophile' (or 'ephebophile' or 'Minor-attracted adult') and 'child molester'. There's a HUGE difference between the two.
Whatever helps you sleep at night, Pedophile, Ephebophile, 'Minor-attracted adult'(though the term is just ridiculous, then again what it describes is also ridiculous), or whatever you call yourself. I just hope you mean the difference is whether you act on it or not, an not whether the act was consentual. I just hope you keep those urges in check.
minor-attracted adults
WTF?WTF?WTF?WTF?
I thought I had seen it all . . . how the hell can you soften the term pedophile like that?
I suppose you would call Drug Dealers Illicit Pharmaceutical Vendors and refer to serial killers as those inflicted with Obsesive Compulsive Life Removal Disorder
Gimme a break, and get a clue.
Companies who product copy protection are a waste of programming talent.
In this case, there was no talent involved. So no talent wasted. The only things I think were wasted were gravity, 02(Oxygen), and a bit of cash.
It isn't a feeble attempt to protect me from myself, but a way to force payment processing companies to keep Government workers away from online gambling sites . . . . so why no anti-internet porn bill? One that passed, I mean.
I can understand your dislike of Blockbuster. I am no fan of Blockbuster myself. But does that help the Netflix case hold water? In my opinion, no.
Patenting the "keep the DVD as long as you like" feature, or the "Swap for a new DVD" on the return of the previous is ludicrous, and just because we don't like one player in this game doesn't mean they are wrong in this particular situation.
Neteller only takes a cut if you are in a hurry for the funds. Whenever I withdraw I do an EFT, and there is no fee. It just takes 3-5 business days to process.
When I first got set up, I had to do an EFT transfer from my bank account, because my debit card kept getting declined. I beleive that Neteller has been marked by the credit card companies due to its popularity for online gamers.
Strange, I selected "preview" to check my tags, and it *sumitted*.
Oh well, take 2 :
He might have been an idiot, but not a dumb one.
OK . . .
Being an Oregon tax payer it makes me feel soooo much better to hear that the idiot isn't dumb and may still be working in the Department of Revenue . . . WHAT ABOUT DISCIPLINARY ACTION????? Is our semi-intelligent idiot going to pay any consequence?
[i]He might have been an idiot, but not a dumb one.[/i]
This is late, and could be redundant. Oh well.
This isn't all that surprising considering the only thing that really comes into contact with a toilet seat is one's ass. In modern society we all run around with our asses covered by at least one layer of clothing, if not two or more. So it isn't a good collection/deposit point for the average nomad germ. The hands however, are rarely covered, and often come into contact with things that other germ carrying hands will touch(read deposit germs onto). We sneaze into our hands, and then go on to touch light switches, doorknobs, handrails, etc. Which countless others will touch, and countless more have already touched. So we drop a couple germs, while picking some up. So, our disgusting hands deposit all these germs onto the keyboard . . .
Maybe this would be a little clearer if somebody did a test of the germ content of the average ass(gleut area only, the sphincter cant count it doesn't come into contact with the toilet seat, at least lets hope not) versus thast of the averag hand. I am willing to bet the ass turns out to be cleaner . . .
What would the effects of such a field be on the passengers and crew??? Sure, the ship gets to Mars in 3 hours, but crashes on the surface -- because all the ships occupants are either dead or useless puddles of goo . . .
we are patenting the laboratory copy of that thing.
I didn't think you could patent copies of things. I thought it had to be an actual invention, and they can't really say that they have invented anything.
It just doesn't seem right.
You aren't paying for the paper, components, newness, or anything like that. They are looking for a development relationship. They want customers that, as other earlier posts indicate, are looking to develop some mass marketed device. The $3000 is really the ante to weed out hobbyists, and other companies that are too small or not serious enough about a development like this. I work in the electronics industry, and have as both a customer and a vendor, and I have seen devkits like this go from $2500 - $5000. The people eInk wants to play with are used to this kind of expenditure, but also understand that they are getting more than a little piece of electronics attached to a piece of paper -- they are getting, as I said before, a design and development relationship, which they hope develops into a longer term relationship.
If they can deal with the pink hair, I don't think the bed should be a problem . . .
"If you pay people to finish it, I can almost guarantee you they'll keep working until it's done."
Or until you run out of money to pay, whichever comes first.
duh!
Everyone 18 and over are "old" to the 12 - 17 crowd.
Congress passes this law, and what next? Registrations and titles for these devices? Otherwise this whole tracking scheme breaks down as soon as the individual sells it to another person, or donates it to a charity.
I personally couldn't even tell you the names of any of the people who have purchased my old printers. I donate them to the Goodwill. So, now I need to worry that someone else purhcases it, uses it for "EVIL"(Voice of Mermaid Man from SpongeBob), and I am the first stop during an investigation. "Sure you donated it . . . "
I guess that would mean that the charities would probably be required to collect information, and submit it any time they sold donated devices.
I don't care what anyone else says here, but this can get messy just about any way you think of it.
you would blink both eyes?
I want to join an angry mob!
Damn, I cant join this one, I don't use a Mac