But here is a question for creationists: Why do we only have one heart? It's a SPoF in the design of us, and I don't deem that very intelligent, to be blunt.
I'm a creationist. Not a young-Earther and I believe evolution to explain the mechanics of how life came to be. Normally I stay out of these sorts of things because this will either be downmodded or cause a tirade of angry replies. That being said, just because you feel that a single heart is a design flaw doesn't make you right. There's a verse somewhere in the bible that comes to mind -- can the clay turn to the potter and ask 'what are you doing?' You're implying that you know better than God
Do I think evolution should be taught in schools? Of course. Religion has no place in a laboratory, just as science has no place in a church. Science is about asking how the world and the universe ticks, not wondering about the existence of God. The two don't have to be in opposition to one another.
Why not create a dummy account to give to this guy, and then invite yourself from that? (I don't have a Google+ account yet so I'm not sure if it doesn't work this way)
I think it's more not wanting to feel like you've been cheated. Especially with something that requires more resources or an active investment. For example, if you were to buy a Mac at the hiked up cost, you'd want to convince yourself that it's worth the extra cash. For me, I'm a Ubuntu user, and I invested my time in getting it up and running on my laptop. It took 3 days before I stumbled onto ndiswrapper, about a month to get it to look how I wanted it to look, and as time passed I'd put too much effort into learning how to use/tweak it. A few years later, I love Unity despite the fact that it's generally considered to be a locked down piece of crap. At some point, "not worth it" became too expensive a decision to make - I took the opposite path - convinced myself that it's good, which became a habit; hence, I'll likely view Ubuntu as being good by default.
While I agree that the impact was overhyped, I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss it as harmless. Sure, there's been no lives lost overseas as a result of the logs, but the jobs of diplomats would have gotten a bit trickier after the release of those cables. If you've ever been caught in between two of your friends that are feuding, you know how tricky it is to remain impartial. Now imagine doing that with entire nations, whilst navigating all kinds of bureaucracy, and those nations are staring at each other (and you) wondering if there's going to be a political falling out, or war. If that isn't enough, add a partial dump of various negotiations (ripe for misinterpretation) and suddenly the task of keeping everyone happy just got even more complicated. And as naive as it sounds, perhaps the reason for the lack of transparency isn't necessarily to hide embarrassing logs from the public, but instead to try and keep diplomacy as simple as possible.
As a disclaimer/apology, I haven't read all the available material, and it was too long ago to pull out any examples to support what I'm saying. Also, I'm an Aussie, so any information that I get on US affairs is pretty limited.
Google turned this up. Note the 'Rules governing political advertising' section. It looks like it's enforced from the broadcaster side:
Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 places three key requirements on the broadcasters of political advertisements. Clauses 3, 3A and 4 of Schedule 2 require broadcasters to:
...
cease political advertisements in the three days before polling day (from midnight on the Wednesday before polling day to the close of the poll on polling day).
My (neurotypical) sister swears by Kaz Cooke's Girl Stuff, which has anything and everything to do with growing up from physical and emotional changes through to social stuff and beyond. If she's one of the people who is fine once they know how things work, then Queen Bees and Wannabes is also great - it essentially acts as a roadmap to dealing with adolescent bullshit (the movie Mean Girls is based on the model given in this book).
If she's anything like me, the best advice anyone can give is help her to understand the why. Generally speaking, if there's a system or mechanic to what's happening, we aspies are a lot happier with it than "it is what it is". Of course, I don't actually know her but if she fits this description, perhaps try and find a book that actually explains what's happening inside her body in terms that she can understand (sorry, no specific suggestion) -- just go into a local bookshop and ask if they have anything for girls growing up. Mentioning Aspergers likely won't bring up anything useful, and will send the staff in the wrong direction.
The main issue you'll find is a lot of advice will try to classify everything as being to do with aspergers, when in fact it has to do with a kid becoming a teenager. From what you've said, try and find books that are written by people with Aspergers Syndrome or Autism. They're out there, you just need to have a look (I had Freaks, Geeks and Aspergers Syndrome, but that's more for guys than girls). And because I can't pass up the opportunity to mention it, an absolutely adorable book is All cats have Aspergers Syndrome
An interesting read is send in the idiots (named after a phrase a classmate would say over and over), which is a bit of a mash-up of philosophy and science. It essentially explores autism - it's a series of anecdotes as the author tries to track down everyone he went to school with. While this is dealing with autism rather than aspergers, a lot of it translates over (I've got aspergers myself), it gives a bit of insight into how we tick.
If you were after a more concrete, "help me deal with problems" book then I doubt you'll find much out there. Aspergers affects everyone differently, so even if you can find something there's no guarantee it would be any help (For example, I'm hypersensitive to light and sound, wheras someone else might not be able to concentrate if they're wearing jeans). Rather, I suggest you check out this website. The views are diverse to say the least (ranging from hating ASD to loving it), but most people are well balanced and if you have any queries they should be more than happy to help you out
Stop. Regardless of what you or I think about copyright infringement, this is wrong. He's being extradited for something that he did in another country. If it's illegal under UK law, he should be tried in the UK, because that's where the offence took place. Not in the US. Think about the implications here - if the US had something similar to Australia's small breast pornography law, then by the same process here they would be able to extradite someone on child pornography charges.
But deep in your heart you know the guilt would drive you mad
And the shame would leave a permanent scar
'Cause you start out stealing songs and then you're robbing liquor stores
And sellin' crack and runnin' over school kids with your car
So don't download this song
The record store's where you belong
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
Oh, don't download this song
Oh, you don't wanna mess with the R-I-double-A
They'll sue you if you burn that CD-R
It doesn't matter if you're a grandma or a seven year old girl
They'll treat you like the evil hard-bitten criminal scum you are
So don't download this song
Don't go pirating music all day long
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
Oh, don't download this song
Don't take away money from artists just like me
How else can I afford another solid gold Hum-Vee
And diamond-studded swimming pools
These things don't grow on trees
So all I ask is, "Everybody, please..."
Don't donwload this song (Don't do it, no, no)
Even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong (You can just ask him)
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should (You really should)
Oh, don't download this song
Don't donwload this song (Oh please, don't you do it)
Or you might wind up in jail like Tommy Chong (Remember Tommy)
Go and buy the CD (Right now) like you know that you should (Go out and buy it)
Oh, don't download this song
Don't download this song (No, no, no, no, no, no)
You'll burn in hell before too long (and you'll deserve it)
Go and buy the CD (Just buy it) like you know that you should (You cheap bastard)
Oh, don't download this song
Slashdot Mirror
Only a bad car analogy will do =P
But the simple answer is, stop pirating content and they will stop taking you to court.
If only...
Despite the -1 score, the link is fine. I haven't seen the video though, due to firefox throwing a hissy fit
The only sensible voice in your government is the Greens
Don't forget Dr. Bob, DC :p
But here is a question for creationists: Why do we only have one heart? It's a SPoF in the design of us, and I don't deem that very intelligent, to be blunt.
I'm a creationist. Not a young-Earther and I believe evolution to explain the mechanics of how life came to be. Normally I stay out of these sorts of things because this will either be downmodded or cause a tirade of angry replies. That being said, just because you feel that a single heart is a design flaw doesn't make you right. There's a verse somewhere in the bible that comes to mind -- can the clay turn to the potter and ask 'what are you doing?' You're implying that you know better than God
Do I think evolution should be taught in schools? Of course. Religion has no place in a laboratory, just as science has no place in a church. Science is about asking how the world and the universe ticks, not wondering about the existence of God. The two don't have to be in opposition to one another.
I think that one might have been a joke. I know I got a chuckle from it
Why not create a dummy account to give to this guy, and then invite yourself from that? (I don't have a Google+ account yet so I'm not sure if it doesn't work this way)
I think it's more not wanting to feel like you've been cheated. Especially with something that requires more resources or an active investment. For example, if you were to buy a Mac at the hiked up cost, you'd want to convince yourself that it's worth the extra cash. For me, I'm a Ubuntu user, and I invested my time in getting it up and running on my laptop. It took 3 days before I stumbled onto ndiswrapper, about a month to get it to look how I wanted it to look, and as time passed I'd put too much effort into learning how to use/tweak it. A few years later, I love Unity despite the fact that it's generally considered to be a locked down piece of crap. At some point, "not worth it" became too expensive a decision to make - I took the opposite path - convinced myself that it's good, which became a habit; hence, I'll likely view Ubuntu as being good by default.
Alternatively...
While I agree that the impact was overhyped, I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss it as harmless. Sure, there's been no lives lost overseas as a result of the logs, but the jobs of diplomats would have gotten a bit trickier after the release of those cables. If you've ever been caught in between two of your friends that are feuding, you know how tricky it is to remain impartial. Now imagine doing that with entire nations, whilst navigating all kinds of bureaucracy, and those nations are staring at each other (and you) wondering if there's going to be a political falling out, or war. If that isn't enough, add a partial dump of various negotiations (ripe for misinterpretation) and suddenly the task of keeping everyone happy just got even more complicated. And as naive as it sounds, perhaps the reason for the lack of transparency isn't necessarily to hide embarrassing logs from the public, but instead to try and keep diplomacy as simple as possible.
As a disclaimer/apology, I haven't read all the available material, and it was too long ago to pull out any examples to support what I'm saying. Also, I'm an Aussie, so any information that I get on US affairs is pretty limited.
Isn't that kind of insecure? As in, the sort of thing that you would slap people for setting a root password as?
Or the only person who cares
Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 places three key requirements on the broadcasters of political advertisements. Clauses 3, 3A and 4 of Schedule 2 require broadcasters to:
...
cease political advertisements in the three days before polling day (from midnight on the Wednesday before polling day to the close of the poll on polling day).
The Act in question Doesn't seem to include social media -- it has television and radio.
I'm no lawyer, but to be honest if any of Australia's laws were that current I would be shocked. I mean, we have a communications minister who thinks that you can filter bit torrent without killing it
Continue with whatever first is left
Fuck. That. Shit.
My (neurotypical) sister swears by Kaz Cooke's Girl Stuff, which has anything and everything to do with growing up from physical and emotional changes through to social stuff and beyond. If she's one of the people who is fine once they know how things work, then Queen Bees and Wannabes is also great - it essentially acts as a roadmap to dealing with adolescent bullshit (the movie Mean Girls is based on the model given in this book).
If she's anything like me, the best advice anyone can give is help her to understand the why. Generally speaking, if there's a system or mechanic to what's happening, we aspies are a lot happier with it than "it is what it is". Of course, I don't actually know her but if she fits this description, perhaps try and find a book that actually explains what's happening inside her body in terms that she can understand (sorry, no specific suggestion) -- just go into a local bookshop and ask if they have anything for girls growing up. Mentioning Aspergers likely won't bring up anything useful, and will send the staff in the wrong direction.
The main issue you'll find is a lot of advice will try to classify everything as being to do with aspergers, when in fact it has to do with a kid becoming a teenager. From what you've said, try and find books that are written by people with Aspergers Syndrome or Autism. They're out there, you just need to have a look (I had Freaks, Geeks and Aspergers Syndrome, but that's more for guys than girls). And because I can't pass up the opportunity to mention it, an absolutely adorable book is All cats have Aspergers Syndrome
You can't solve a social problem with a technical solution.
An interesting read is send in the idiots (named after a phrase a classmate would say over and over), which is a bit of a mash-up of philosophy and science. It essentially explores autism - it's a series of anecdotes as the author tries to track down everyone he went to school with. While this is dealing with autism rather than aspergers, a lot of it translates over (I've got aspergers myself), it gives a bit of insight into how we tick.
If you were after a more concrete, "help me deal with problems" book then I doubt you'll find much out there. Aspergers affects everyone differently, so even if you can find something there's no guarantee it would be any help (For example, I'm hypersensitive to light and sound, wheras someone else might not be able to concentrate if they're wearing jeans). Rather, I suggest you check out this website. The views are diverse to say the least (ranging from hating ASD to loving it), but most people are well balanced and if you have any queries they should be more than happy to help you out
Now I'm going to have nightmares about that guys face
But how the hell do you accidentally vote on a piece of legislation?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEGxhMPdp0g Or just google kinect porn if you want a news article on it
Stop. Regardless of what you or I think about copyright infringement, this is wrong. He's being extradited for something that he did in another country. If it's illegal under UK law, he should be tried in the UK, because that's where the offence took place. Not in the US. Think about the implications here - if the US had something similar to Australia's small breast pornography law, then by the same process here they would be able to extradite someone on child pornography charges.
I think it's a reference to this.
Once in a while maybe you will feel the urge
To break international copyright law
By downloading MP3s from file-sharing sites
Like Morpheus or Grokster or Limewire or KaZaA
But deep in your heart you know the guilt would drive you mad
And the shame would leave a permanent scar
'Cause you start out stealing songs and then you're robbing liquor stores
And sellin' crack and runnin' over school kids with your car
So don't download this song
The record store's where you belong
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
Oh, don't download this song
Oh, you don't wanna mess with the R-I-double-A
They'll sue you if you burn that CD-R
It doesn't matter if you're a grandma or a seven year old girl
They'll treat you like the evil hard-bitten criminal scum you are
So don't download this song
Don't go pirating music all day long
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should
Oh, don't download this song
Don't take away money from artists just like me
How else can I afford another solid gold Hum-Vee
And diamond-studded swimming pools
These things don't grow on trees
So all I ask is, "Everybody, please..."
Don't donwload this song (Don't do it, no, no)
Even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong (You can just ask him)
Go and buy the CD like you know that you should (You really should)
Oh, don't download this song
Don't donwload this song (Oh please, don't you do it)
Or you might wind up in jail like Tommy Chong (Remember Tommy)
Go and buy the CD (Right now) like you know that you should (Go out and buy it)
Oh, don't download this song
Don't download this song (No, no, no, no, no, no)
You'll burn in hell before too long (and you'll deserve it)
Go and buy the CD (Just buy it) like you know that you should (You cheap bastard)
Oh, don't download this song