When taking up such a high seat you are entitled a VERY LARGE amount of power. You can decide if someone spends a fraction of their savings, or all of it, or if they spend part of their life in jail, the rest of their life in jail, or in some states, to even end their life.
With that power comes responsibility. You are expected to be perfectly impartial, unbiased, and free of all prejudice.
Given two options:
1) Your friends list at the cost of a biased judge in the future
2) A fair trial in the future at the cost of your facebook friends list
The first part anyways, absolutely genius. In fact, so long as there is a small disclaimer somewhere the user doesn't even look, I think they are in the clear. The best part is that it branches out, the more people to use an App, the more people get invited, and so forth. Exponential. Getting people to do something real world impacting for virtual currency/items is not anything new. (Anyone remember the "Mount me for a flying mount" girl when Burning Crusade came out?)
The second part however, I'm pretty sure is against the law (IANAL), something like Identity Theft but not really, or impersonation, or something to that effect.
Seems like once you determine an account is a fake - IE, it gets reported, all you have to do is look at what lobby group the spammer is supporting and you've got your prime suspect. And then a little investigation into the matter would probably expose those responsible.
But there's the problem. If the opposing lawyer was a friend of the judge (Like actual friend, not just a FB friend), wouldn't you like to be able to look that up on Facebook?
Instead of trying to hide the friendship, it should be forced to be public.
If Hollywood has taught me anything about the Judiciary system, its that the prosecution and the judge are always the best of friends, know each other by first name, and might even have a heart to heart during recess.
Seriously though, I'm sure it'd be more beneficial if they tried to stop the ACTUAL conflict of interest instead of trying to stop THE APPEARANCE of conflict of interest.
Even if they are too young to grasp the idea of programming, getting them going with electric motors and such circuitry you find in various toys, (Lego Technic comes to mind) will go a long way in leading them down pretty useful skills in the future.
Although such a machine will need a source of energy, it generates propulsion without any change in mass. As the research puts it with magesterial understatement, this might have practical implications."
My Engine does not change it's mass when it turns the crank shaft. It simply alters the mass of my fuel source. This propulsion system will still require a source of energy. Until we learn how to create energy without a change in mass - this engine is about the same as any other engine. Personally, I don't trust anything with "Quantum" in the name to function anymore then my decade old Car engine.
Yes and No. If I assume you mean with a monochrome scale of pieces, it is still different, because each piece is not simply 1 colour. Each puzzle piece has a different pattern and shades to it. (Though some varying very very little).
Unless you meant Lego pieces with different patterns and shades on it, then yes it would be the same.
Are there things I regret? For sure. Things that will keep me from landing a job? Probably not. Things that required the Feds to investigate? Not at all.
Clearly he did something serious, and whether he matured enough at the time is irrelevant, he's going to have to live with it. A car accident when you're 16 will stick with your insurance rates forever. It's not nice but its the way the world works.
I personally had enough common sense to know where to draw the line when I was like 14. There is a huge difference between the natural "Growing up" and things that are dangerous and illegal. Maybe he got physically violent with a class-mate. Maybe he's a sex offender. There are differences between fighting with your friends and assaulting someone. There's a difference between shameless flirtations and harassing someone. Whatever this guy is trying to shrug off, it isn't something light, or he's REALLY paranoid.
Starting at the latest technologies (P2P Sharing) and working their way backwards. If you can cut off Piracy from the internet, then you can focus on physical media afterwards knowing that very little of it is going to be reproduced - since it can't be file shared as easily.
Stop the net and you stop alot of DVD-R's. If you force Pirates to Film by video cam, the quality of pirated films goes way down and eventually people won't want that pirated version.
How many of those Pirated DVD's in China-town do you think were hand-recorded by the owner of the shop? They were quite obviously fileshared.
So where do you draw this line where someone is adult enough to handle a vehicle but not adult enough for their actions to be null and void because they are too young?
If you got into a serious accident driving that vehicle at 16, and you were at fault, the law doesn't just go "Oopsie Daisies, don't worry about it".
Advisor: "Sir, we don't need to stop 100% of Pirating sites, we just need to stop the top 50% so that the underlying 50% are so overburdened by requests that they can't function! It's like a DDOS attack without hacking!"
Well, where I live, Canada, You can drink by you are 18 or 19 depending on where you live. You can drive when you're 16. You can move out when you're 18. I can get charged as an adult at 18
Despite not being anywhere near experienced, I think the spirit of the law tends to say that around the age of 20, you are an adult. Most High School Grads I know are done by 17 or 18. Not all of them go to University right away, some take a year or two off to work up some money for university.
Point is - This was clearly not a "You've been a bad boy Johnny" If the feds were involved, and especially if its something he think will seriously impact his career down the road.
Thats why I said Alleged. But it could have been anything along the pornographic or embarassing material lines - something that doesn't suggest any kind of Skill. Using it to his advantage might NOT be an option.
What are you babbling about? Your post is unfunny and nonsensical to boot.
Just for you, AC, I will break it down.
The parent of the thread pointed out that the line "then secretly installing their command and control infrastructure" is a little silly because no hacker would ever do it NOT in secret. He then explains similar scenarios in why it would be ridiculous if someone did.
In my post I claim that someone in fact DID perform such a ridiculous action. However, since we're being ridiculous, I thought it would be funny to kick it up a notch and make MY REACTION even MORE ridiculous.
Making yourself a target for ridicule is not anything new. If you are unable to grasp this concept I would hope that there is a reasonable explanation. Perhaps you were raised in a different culture, perhaps english isn't your native tongue so you don't quite follow the nuances of my speech. I broke up my sentences with unnecessary commas and hyphens to excentuate certain words or phrases, in order to make my post sound more like a confession or a story instead of just a post.
Also, I'm not sure if you mean nonsensical meaning that the structure of my writing doesn't make sense, or my actions don't make sense.
Because if it's my actions, that is kind of the point. The fact they DON'T make sense is funny.
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I see a huge conflict of interest. If they are both "Friends" of the judge whats to say they all aren't "Friends".
Prosecution: "Hey I'm kind of on a hot streak right now and I could be moving up if I get a good record this year"
Defense: "Alright, I'll let you have it, but he's really innocent and didn't do alot of harm"
Judge: "Okay, minimal sentence it is!"
Sadly*, this was the case before this was the law.
*Not so sad, really.
Very serious.
When taking up such a high seat you are entitled a VERY LARGE amount of power. You can decide if someone spends a fraction of their savings, or all of it, or if they spend part of their life in jail, the rest of their life in jail, or in some states, to even end their life.
With that power comes responsibility. You are expected to be perfectly impartial, unbiased, and free of all prejudice.
Given two options:
1) Your friends list at the cost of a biased judge in the future
2) A fair trial in the future at the cost of your facebook friends list
Which would you choose? I've already stated mine.
The first part anyways, absolutely genius. In fact, so long as there is a small disclaimer somewhere the user doesn't even look, I think they are in the clear. The best part is that it branches out, the more people to use an App, the more people get invited, and so forth. Exponential. Getting people to do something real world impacting for virtual currency/items is not anything new. (Anyone remember the "Mount me for a flying mount" girl when Burning Crusade came out?)
The second part however, I'm pretty sure is against the law (IANAL), something like Identity Theft but not really, or impersonation, or something to that effect.
Seems like once you determine an account is a fake - IE, it gets reported, all you have to do is look at what lobby group the spammer is supporting and you've got your prime suspect. And then a little investigation into the matter would probably expose those responsible.
How appropriate, you fight like a company that MILKS its customers out of all their money and then spend half of it on pointless patent debates!
But there's the problem. If the opposing lawyer was a friend of the judge (Like actual friend, not just a FB friend), wouldn't you like to be able to look that up on Facebook?
Instead of trying to hide the friendship, it should be forced to be public.
If Hollywood has taught me anything about the Judiciary system, its that the prosecution and the judge are always the best of friends, know each other by first name, and might even have a heart to heart during recess.
Seriously though, I'm sure it'd be more beneficial if they tried to stop the ACTUAL conflict of interest instead of trying to stop THE APPEARANCE of conflict of interest.
The question is, who gets the kids?
All the other kids in the neighborhood will be soooo jealous!
And Irradiated!
Try not to offend the guy, I'd hate to have to grab him a kleenex.
Mod this up - I completely agree.
Even if they are too young to grasp the idea of programming, getting them going with electric motors and such circuitry you find in various toys, (Lego Technic comes to mind) will go a long way in leading them down pretty useful skills in the future.
If they Dig astronomy that is
Although such a machine will need a source of energy, it generates propulsion without any change in mass. As the research puts it with magesterial understatement, this might have practical implications."
My Engine does not change it's mass when it turns the crank shaft. It simply alters the mass of my fuel source. This propulsion system will still require a source of energy. Until we learn how to create energy without a change in mass - this engine is about the same as any other engine. Personally, I don't trust anything with "Quantum" in the name to function anymore then my decade old Car engine.
I don't know about you, but I've never paid for a driver in my life.
Unless we use the Earth AS our ship.
But does this mean I could run a Video game?
Does this mean the "But does it run on Linux" Jokes will come to an end?
Yes and No. If I assume you mean with a monochrome scale of pieces, it is still different, because each piece is not simply 1 colour. Each puzzle piece has a different pattern and shades to it. (Though some varying very very little).
Unless you meant Lego pieces with different patterns and shades on it, then yes it would be the same.
Simply increase the puzzle size, a small tweak to the algorithm (unless it accomodates) and the resolution is fine once again
Are there things I regret? For sure. Things that will keep me from landing a job? Probably not. Things that required the Feds to investigate? Not at all.
Clearly he did something serious, and whether he matured enough at the time is irrelevant, he's going to have to live with it. A car accident when you're 16 will stick with your insurance rates forever. It's not nice but its the way the world works.
I personally had enough common sense to know where to draw the line when I was like 14. There is a huge difference between the natural "Growing up" and things that are dangerous and illegal. Maybe he got physically violent with a class-mate. Maybe he's a sex offender. There are differences between fighting with your friends and assaulting someone. There's a difference between shameless flirtations and harassing someone. Whatever this guy is trying to shrug off, it isn't something light, or he's REALLY paranoid.
I think they're doing it right.
Starting at the latest technologies (P2P Sharing) and working their way backwards. If you can cut off Piracy from the internet, then you can focus on physical media afterwards knowing that very little of it is going to be reproduced - since it can't be file shared as easily.
Stop the net and you stop alot of DVD-R's. If you force Pirates to Film by video cam, the quality of pirated films goes way down and eventually people won't want that pirated version.
How many of those Pirated DVD's in China-town do you think were hand-recorded by the owner of the shop? They were quite obviously fileshared.
So where do you draw this line where someone is adult enough to handle a vehicle but not adult enough for their actions to be null and void because they are too young?
If you got into a serious accident driving that vehicle at 16, and you were at fault, the law doesn't just go "Oopsie Daisies, don't worry about it".
Advisor: "Sir, we don't need to stop 100% of Pirating sites, we just need to stop the top 50% so that the underlying 50% are so overburdened by requests that they can't function! It's like a DDOS attack without hacking!"
Hu Jintao: "Hooray! Promotions for everybody!"
Well, where I live, Canada, You can drink by you are 18 or 19 depending on where you live. You can drive when you're 16. You can move out when you're 18. I can get charged as an adult at 18
Despite not being anywhere near experienced, I think the spirit of the law tends to say that around the age of 20, you are an adult. Most High School Grads I know are done by 17 or 18. Not all of them go to University right away, some take a year or two off to work up some money for university.
Point is - This was clearly not a "You've been a bad boy Johnny" If the feds were involved, and especially if its something he think will seriously impact his career down the road.
Thats why I said Alleged. But it could have been anything along the pornographic or embarassing material lines - something that doesn't suggest any kind of Skill. Using it to his advantage might NOT be an option.
What are you babbling about? Your post is unfunny and nonsensical to boot.
Just for you, AC, I will break it down.
The parent of the thread pointed out that the line "then secretly installing their command and control infrastructure" is a little silly because no hacker would ever do it NOT in secret. He then explains similar scenarios in why it would be ridiculous if someone did.
In my post I claim that someone in fact DID perform such a ridiculous action. However, since we're being ridiculous, I thought it would be funny to kick it up a notch and make MY REACTION even MORE ridiculous.
Making yourself a target for ridicule is not anything new. If you are unable to grasp this concept I would hope that there is a reasonable explanation. Perhaps you were raised in a different culture, perhaps english isn't your native tongue so you don't quite follow the nuances of my speech. I broke up my sentences with unnecessary commas and hyphens to excentuate certain words or phrases, in order to make my post sound more like a confession or a story instead of just a post.
Also, I'm not sure if you mean nonsensical meaning that the structure of my writing doesn't make sense, or my actions don't make sense.
Because if it's my actions, that is kind of the point. The fact they DON'T make sense is funny.