If unlimited prosthesis are allowed, why not have a prosthetic foot that also happens to be an F1 car? If you don't draw a line somewhere it ceases being a game.
Escalades Navigators and Hummers also seem to be the most likely to be illegally parked in a handicapped parking spot, though I can't find any hard data.
I wouldn't think they'd do all that much if detonated in their silos. There's a reason they're set to detonate at an altitude over the target. And if you're worried about fallout, you should be aware that there have already been over 1000 nuclear detonations, the majority of which took place in the SW united states.
Just in case you're not trolling, it would be a simple matter for an individual to violate your right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or your right to free speech, or any of a large number of rights. All it takes is a little directed violence or financial pressure. One of the primary purposes of government is to prevent that from happening as much as possible. Sure a business cannot create a law (directly) but it can make rules (formal or otherwise) for its employees. Your boss could violate your right to free association by firing, demoting, or threatening anyone who associates with people of a particular race, religion, or political viewpoint.
If you can force a person to hire somebody that the employer doesn't want to associate with, then you are violating the right of an employer to free association as well.
I just thought of an analogy to how I consider the various ways of accessing stuff. The pinned items are equipped, the start menu is my inventory, and Windows Explorer (or Free Commander) is my stash.
Maybe they'll develop a single field where you can type in whatever you want the computer to do. Wouldn't that be great? Let's see, you type in a line of commands, so you could call it a "command line". You wouldn't need all those icons! That would be the ultimate evolution of Windows.
The classification of a country or regime as a police state is usually contested and debated. Because of the pejorative connotation of the term, it is rare that a country will identify itself as a police state.
- Wiki
Do you have examples of this happening en-masse?
It's worth pointing out that the United States incarcerates NEARLY as many people as the entirety of rest of the world *combined*.
Is that en-masse enough for you? Consider that the US incarcerates 730 people per 100,000, while China incarcerates only 122. Which countries would you classify as police states?
More tellingly, look at the score I get (zero) for pointing out that the US is far from a police state
That's because the US isn't far from being a police state.
The vast majority of which aren't done illegally, so I'm not sure what your point is.
The point is that the law has become so over-reaching and "left to discretion" that it is indeed legal to detain a US citizen indefinitely without evidence or charge. Is that not a police state?
The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague. In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets. The dangers spelled out in Three Felonies a Day do not apply solely to “white collar criminals,” state and local politicians, and professionals. No social class or profession is safe from this troubling form of social control by the executive branch, and nothing less than the integrity of our constitutional democracy hangs in the balance
Considering that everyone is always guilty of something, anyone can be legally arrested and convicted at discretion. Is that not a police state?
Fail. I asked it how many toes it has. Reply "I surely have , but don't tell it to anybody else! It's my secret. I'd like to be judge next year, it's so funny to "test" people:-)"
It does work on the web. I use it frequently since, while my ears work well, I have trouble interpreting spoken words when the signal to noise ratio is less than perfect.
There's a simpler solution, and it relates to the robot hand playing RPS. When your opponent cheats by being inhumanly faster than you, stop playing the game.
That's why I think there needs to be a punishment (like jail time or at least impeachment) for any lawmaker who proposes or votes for any law that is later found to be unconstitutional. As it is there is no liability on the part of the lawmaker.
True. I guess I was thinking of something more like a parachute with a fan in the middle, or a ducted fan with a really large shroud. Basically, if you have a large enough disk the rate of decent is infinitesimal due the separation of above and below, and to get lift you just have to pump air through the disk.
I believe the amount of energy required decreases as the airfoil area increases. If so, then magic engineering materials (zero weight infinite strength) would make that approach zero. I do think the design in the video has practical application; if it's efficient enough to run on human power for a few seconds, then when you put a motor on it of some kind it should still be far more efficient than other helicopters.
They'll come up with ways to reduce the scarring too. We'll have multi-hundred year old wealthy people presiding over the slaves who die at 50 and can't afford any medical treatment. Although slaves might be the wrong word; there won't be any work for them to do except to try to scratch a living from the leftovers of the wealthy, who have their needs taken care of by robots.
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Battle Angel Alita, AKA "Gunnm" also covers this ground.
If unlimited prosthesis are allowed, why not have a prosthetic foot that also happens to be an F1 car? If you don't draw a line somewhere it ceases being a game.
They just don't crash them, so they don't need new ones.
There was an article a few months ago that found Prius drivers to be most likely to violate crosswalks and stop signs.
Escalades Navigators and Hummers also seem to be the most likely to be illegally parked in a handicapped parking spot, though I can't find any hard data.
I wouldn't think they'd do all that much if detonated in their silos. There's a reason they're set to detonate at an altitude over the target. And if you're worried about fallout, you should be aware that there have already been over 1000 nuclear detonations, the majority of which took place in the SW united states.
That thar's terr'ist tawk ya know.
Just in case you're not trolling, it would be a simple matter for an individual to violate your right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or your right to free speech, or any of a large number of rights. All it takes is a little directed violence or financial pressure. One of the primary purposes of government is to prevent that from happening as much as possible. Sure a business cannot create a law (directly) but it can make rules (formal or otherwise) for its employees. Your boss could violate your right to free association by firing, demoting, or threatening anyone who associates with people of a particular race, religion, or political viewpoint.
If you can force a person to hire somebody that the employer doesn't want to associate with, then you are violating the right of an employer to free association as well.
I agree with this.
I just thought of an analogy to how I consider the various ways of accessing stuff. The pinned items are equipped, the start menu is my inventory, and Windows Explorer (or Free Commander) is my stash.
Maybe they'll develop a single field where you can type in whatever you want the computer to do. Wouldn't that be great? Let's see, you type in a line of commands, so you could call it a "command line". You wouldn't need all those icons! That would be the ultimate evolution of Windows.
Wiki doesn't agree
The classification of a country or regime as a police state is usually contested and debated. Because of the pejorative connotation of the term, it is rare that a country will identify itself as a police state.
- Wiki
Do you have examples of this happening en-masse?
It's worth pointing out that the United States incarcerates NEARLY as many people as the entirety of rest of the world *combined*.
Is that en-masse enough for you? Consider that the US incarcerates 730 people per 100,000, while China incarcerates only 122. Which countries would you classify as police states?
More tellingly, look at the score I get (zero) for pointing out that the US is far from a police state
That's because the US isn't far from being a police state.
The vast majority of which aren't done illegally, so I'm not sure what your point is.
The point is that the law has become so over-reaching and "left to discretion" that it is indeed legal to detain a US citizen indefinitely without evidence or charge. Is that not a police state?
Consider this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594032556
The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague. In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets. The dangers spelled out in Three Felonies a Day do not apply solely to “white collar criminals,” state and local politicians, and professionals. No social class or profession is safe from this troubling form of social control by the executive branch, and nothing less than the integrity of our constitutional democracy hangs in the balance
Considering that everyone is always guilty of something, anyone can be legally arrested and convicted at discretion. Is that not a police state?
You assume guilt. Shame on you. Perhaps you think yourself immune to false accusation.
Messed up. Article links please? - A Minnesota resident.
Also, if everyone exercised their right to a fair trial, then this bullshit criminal legal system would collapse.
Theoretically true; unfortunately very few can actually afford to go to trial.
And potentially far more difficult to get the heat out of.
Fail. I asked it how many toes it has. Reply "I surely have , but don't tell it to anybody else! It's my secret. I'd like to be judge next year, it's so funny to "test" people:-)"
Computer desk at the foot of the bed. No issues.
It does work on the web. I use it frequently since, while my ears work well, I have trouble interpreting spoken words when the signal to noise ratio is less than perfect.
There's a simpler solution, and it relates to the robot hand playing RPS. When your opponent cheats by being inhumanly faster than you, stop playing the game.
That's why I think there needs to be a punishment (like jail time or at least impeachment) for any lawmaker who proposes or votes for any law that is later found to be unconstitutional. As it is there is no liability on the part of the lawmaker.
Then the courts will have no choice but to ignore it completely.
No, it will just be enforced selectively ("with discretion") as most current laws are.
True. I guess I was thinking of something more like a parachute with a fan in the middle, or a ducted fan with a really large shroud. Basically, if you have a large enough disk the rate of decent is infinitesimal due the separation of above and below, and to get lift you just have to pump air through the disk.
I believe the amount of energy required decreases as the airfoil area increases. If so, then magic engineering materials (zero weight infinite strength) would make that approach zero. I do think the design in the video has practical application; if it's efficient enough to run on human power for a few seconds, then when you put a motor on it of some kind it should still be far more efficient than other helicopters.
They'll come up with ways to reduce the scarring too. We'll have multi-hundred year old wealthy people presiding over the slaves who die at 50 and can't afford any medical treatment. Although slaves might be the wrong word; there won't be any work for them to do except to try to scratch a living from the leftovers of the wealthy, who have their needs taken care of by robots.