Then I returned to the US: People yap while driving. Yap on the bus. Yap while in line. Yap yap yap, oblivious to the people around them or how annoying (and dangerous) they are being.
I completely agree. That's why I check and send emails on my Blackberry while driving, instead of yapping.
Your summary of the stories seems to imply that the anonymous posting caused the mistrial, which is not quite accurate. The discovery of a new witness for the prosecution during the trial itself was the reason for the mistrial - the anonymous posting was just the means by which this witness was discovered. It would make as much sense as blaming coffee shops for the mistrial if the witness was found drinking a latte that morning.
Mistrials in cases where a new witness surfaces late in the trial process are not unusual, District Judge Robert Fairchild said, especially when the testimony presented would affect the case considerably.
A mistrial is simply a do over, to allow the defense to prepare based on the new material available to the prosecution. This prevents the highly dramatic, yet complete fantasy, occurrence of the prosecution discovering a key witness or piece of evidence and unveiling it during the final moments of the trial, catching the defense totally off-guard, leading to a swift conviction.
So I think there's something to be said as a female writer writing male characters... you do have that luxury of being and outsider and being able to see it with fresh eyes.
As a guy, that is my justification for playing female characters and dressing them up all nice and pretty, or running around in nothing but underwear...
I notice they didn't mention the goop left on my keyboard after I'm gone from home for long weekend. My roommate doesn't seem to know what it is either...
Harry is the anti-geek: he isn't smart, isn't the best in school, doesn't give a rat's ass about magic, etc. The only thing he is good at is flying his stick; Harry is a JOCK! People love him, help him cheat or give him secret help so that he always looks good in public and the people with real talent around him are diminished. His only claim to fame is his heritage.
Also found inside the car, according to police, was a roll of trash bags, masking tape, a siphon pump, absorbent towels and two books: "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets," by David Simon, about the Baltimore police homicide squad, and "Masterpieces of Murder," by Jonathan Goodman, about notorious murder cases.
Note to self: destroy copies of "Smartest Guys in the Room" and "Corporate Crime" after installing my program to skim the excess fractional pennies due to rounding bank transactions.
According to Griffiths, the problem with online games is there will never be a point where the player has battled the final boss, tied up the story, and can turn the computer off with a feeling of satisfaction.
While that is somewhat correct, isn't the insidious feature of most MMORPG's the continuous low level satisfiers? Instead of being addicted to the need to "finish" something, players are addicted to the constant high of accomplishment due to the "ding" factor?
Why don't these physicist vow to send themselves a signal from the future after they figure out how this work? That way, instead of wasting effort trying to make something that may be impossible happen, they can sit back and wait for word from their future selves whether it worked or not...
I wish Windows had a feature like Fedora's multiple desktop stuff with the 4 thumbnails, as this would help me split stuff up better since half my taskbar is taken up with quick launch shortcuts or status bar icons I need on display.
You mean something like a Virtual Desktop Manager? It may not be the same as Fedora's version but I think that is what you want...
Linux and MacOS X are both capable of having both IPv6 and IPv4 stacks, and in many cases this is active by default. Why would Vista cause any more problems?
How many Linux and MacOS X installations are currently active? What is market share of Windows? How many Windows Vista installations will there be 1, 2, 5 years from release? If having both stacks could cause a problem, doing that in Windows could have a much greater impact, right?
That's my biggest complaint with the whole "powerpoint is evil" mantra that Tufte goes off on all the time - Powerpoint is a TOOL that can be used to present information. You don't have to use the included templates or forms - you can put in video, spreadsheets, pictures, text, sounds, etc. etc. if that is what you NEED to deliver the intended message. A poor presentation design is not the fault of Powerpoint, it's the fault of the author. (the/. crowd should know better than blame the tool...P2P, anyone?)
Sure "White males aged 18-25" is a demographic, but so is "Regular viewers of Battlestar Galactica." Arguably, the latter is a more useful demographic to TV advertisers, and it doesn't require revealing personal information.
Since advertisers couldn't really care less WHAT you watched so much as they care WHO is watching, the latter is NOT more useful. "White males aged 18-25" has significance because it is correlated to spending habits, disposable income, etc. No one knows what a "regular viewer of Battlestar Galactica" may purchase, how much money they have, etc.
They do not want to know your age, gender, etc. etc. just because they are evil, scummy, nosy bastards. Advertisers want to know that information so they do not waste time and money showing and advertisement to the wrong person (e.g. vaginal yeast infection cream to 13 year old boy.) Whether or not advertising actually influences purchasing habits is another issue.
Re:Nothing fancy needed-vFolders.
on
What's In Your Inbox?
·
· Score: 2, Informative
Or Outlook's search folders? Or Opera's? Virtual Folders are pretty much a given in modern email clients...getting people to use them correctly is another problem.
Can you point to a good site explaining how to setup en_US.UTF-8? Preferably for FreeBSD if possible. I have a lot of music folders and files that are named "????" now!!!
Why is it assumed that all the people that currently use yahoo will instantly start using the new MSN search?
why would users need to "switch"? If 41% use MSN or Yahoo search, the combined company has 41%.
Re:That this question is even being asked
on
On Point On Slacking
·
· Score: 4, Insightful
That this even is being asked illustrates a very serious problem in this country. We are a nation of slobs and lazy asses.
The serious problem being that some people want to ruin the fun for everyone else by pointing out the obvious. I completely agree.
Suprising that the virtues of laziness are delved into much. Not just in Perl programmers but in all aspects of work, the desire to be lazy leads to getting more done with less effort. That's what the policy wonks in the Fed call increased productivity - which is good for the economy.
There is a reason that the US has done so well despite being lazy assess...
I am suprised at the lack of conspiracy theory comments regarding a "robotic spacecraft" that looks and acts like a missle that "accidently" destroys a defunct satellite.
It is almost too obvious of a conclusion, which may make this the most ingenious way to hide a live fire test...
Slashdot Mirror
Go out in flames!
A mistrial is simply a do over, to allow the defense to prepare based on the new material available to the prosecution. This prevents the highly dramatic, yet complete fantasy, occurrence of the prosecution discovering a key witness or piece of evidence and unveiling it during the final moments of the trial, catching the defense totally off-guard, leading to a swift conviction.
As a guy, that is my justification for playing female characters and dressing them up all nice and pretty, or running around in nothing but underwear...
Posted anonymously for obvious reasons...
Actually, as a corporation, Microsoft is a single entity.
eBay lost money for the bandwidth, site design and hosting.
eBay owns Paypal...
Maybe...leading men seem to have less options as they get older (most of them anyway.)
Did you see "Firewall" or "Six days, Seven Nights"?
I notice they didn't mention the goop left on my keyboard after I'm gone from home for long weekend. My roommate doesn't seem to know what it is either...
Harry is the anti-geek: he isn't smart, isn't the best in school, doesn't give a rat's ass about magic, etc. The only thing he is good at is flying his stick; Harry is a JOCK! People love him, help him cheat or give him secret help so that he always looks good in public and the people with real talent around him are diminished. His only claim to fame is his heritage.
Note to self: destroy copies of "Smartest Guys in the Room" and "Corporate Crime" after installing my program to skim the excess fractional pennies due to rounding bank transactions.
Of course, even if the US can't win in their simulation it can always been restarted with different rules to ensure they do win (Millenium Challenge)
Why don't these physicist vow to send themselves a signal from the future after they figure out how this work? That way, instead of wasting effort trying to make something that may be impossible happen, they can sit back and wait for word from their future selves whether it worked or not...
You mean something like a Virtual Desktop Manager? It may not be the same as Fedora's version but I think that is what you want...
How many Linux and MacOS X installations are currently active? What is market share of Windows? How many Windows Vista installations will there be 1, 2, 5 years from release? If having both stacks could cause a problem, doing that in Windows could have a much greater impact, right?
That's my biggest complaint with the whole "powerpoint is evil" mantra that Tufte goes off on all the time - Powerpoint is a TOOL that can be used to present information. You don't have to use the included templates or forms - you can put in video, spreadsheets, pictures, text, sounds, etc. etc. if that is what you NEED to deliver the intended message. A poor presentation design is not the fault of Powerpoint, it's the fault of the author. (the /. crowd should know better than blame the tool...P2P, anyone?)
If you buy an illegitimate ticket to a concert, do you really expect to be allowed in to see the show?
Since advertisers couldn't really care less WHAT you watched so much as they care WHO is watching, the latter is NOT more useful. "White males aged 18-25" has significance because it is correlated to spending habits, disposable income, etc. No one knows what a "regular viewer of Battlestar Galactica" may purchase, how much money they have, etc.
They do not want to know your age, gender, etc. etc. just because they are evil, scummy, nosy bastards. Advertisers want to know that information so they do not waste time and money showing and advertisement to the wrong person (e.g. vaginal yeast infection cream to 13 year old boy.) Whether or not advertising actually influences purchasing habits is another issue.
Or Outlook's search folders? Or Opera's? Virtual Folders are pretty much a given in modern email clients...getting people to use them correctly is another problem.
Can you point to a good site explaining how to setup en_US.UTF-8? Preferably for FreeBSD if possible. I have a lot of music folders and files that are named "????" now!!!
I do not know the full extent of internation character lack of support, but that seems quite ironic since Ruby is from Japan
why would users need to "switch"? If 41% use MSN or Yahoo search, the combined company has 41%.
The serious problem being that some people want to ruin the fun for everyone else by pointing out the obvious. I completely agree.
Suprising that the virtues of laziness are delved into much. Not just in Perl programmers but in all aspects of work, the desire to be lazy leads to getting more done with less effort. That's what the policy wonks in the Fed call increased productivity - which is good for the economy.
There is a reason that the US has done so well despite being lazy assess...
It is almost too obvious of a conclusion, which may make this the most ingenious way to hide a live fire test...