Which could be viably replaced with organic fertilizer, if we were willing to put more of our food prices into growing food instead of paying middlemen to insure that it arrives on store shelves in the form of frozen pizza. The current theory of industrial agriculture is terribly and inefficient, and isn't helped by the stigma that only the stupid and uneducated should be farmers.
The main problem is that the editors chose to put the flakiest of the NIMBYers' arguments in the summary. The objection to the subsidizing of wind turbines is a very valid concern when Ontario is already nearing the brink of bankruptcy.
Though it's not like they're actually doing any research into the guilt or innocence of the person during the decades they rot in prison. If the police were willing to put the funding into initial crime scene investigation instead of keeping a possibly innocent person in prison for a decade, maybe there would be less wrong with the justice system in general.
Alternately, use the death penalty only when things are absolutely cut and clear, but make it A) immediate and B) public.
Of course part of that is that the "death penalty" is more of a "rot in prison for a decade or two and then we might kill you penalty", and by the time the executioners get around to offing anybody the public has completely forgotten about both the original crime and the murderer, and the execution doesn't even make the news.
A punishment of any kind can't serve as a warning to would-be criminals if it's carried out in a way that nobody knows or cares about.
This. There are hundreds if not thousands of accidents that wouldn't happen if people would just concentrate on actually driving to the best of their ability.
I'm not sure I agree with the GP, but I see his point. If you grab someone's communication device from them you are then free to engage in a wide variety of criminal activities without your victim having any way to call for help. However, if you're willing to risk charges of assault, armed robbery, or whatever else you're going to do, another charge of phone snatching probably isn't going to deter you.
Those of you playing FPS and other low-data games might not need to care about resolution, but in high data games such as RTSs, the amount of information you can cram onto the screen (text or graphical) at once is vital.
Like Heinlein, check out his earlier novels. I particularly enjoyed Police Your Planet and The Sky is Falling, both available on Gutenberg, last I checked.
Taking a browse through Project Gutenberg's whole Science Fiction bookshelf would probably be worth your time. That's where I picked up some of my first science fiction novels, and I particularly enjoyed H. Beam Piper's Federation series.
Seriously think that through. What happens if the tables are turned and the abuser is the one with the cellphone jammer? What happens if a person delusionally believes that they are entitled to extreme revenge over a minor slight? If you are going into a situation and want to prevent your target calling the police for any reason, you are on very, very dangerous ground.
So use explosives to create your compressed gas instead. Your newly launched space station will make you the envy of the neighborhood and the terror of missile defense systems everywhere.
That would just serve to encourage panic. Better for people to falsely consider you safe than to start equating "no internet access" or "asleep" with "probably dead".
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Which could be viably replaced with organic fertilizer, if we were willing to put more of our food prices into growing food instead of paying middlemen to insure that it arrives on store shelves in the form of frozen pizza. The current theory of industrial agriculture is terribly and inefficient, and isn't helped by the stigma that only the stupid and uneducated should be farmers.
The main problem is that the editors chose to put the flakiest of the NIMBYers' arguments in the summary. The objection to the subsidizing of wind turbines is a very valid concern when Ontario is already nearing the brink of bankruptcy.
Exactly how many persistent jobs does a wind turbine create?
One qualifier: Well maintained wind turbines are not aircraft propellers. What happens these things are 20 years old?
Though it's not like they're actually doing any research into the guilt or innocence of the person during the decades they rot in prison. If the police were willing to put the funding into initial crime scene investigation instead of keeping a possibly innocent person in prison for a decade, maybe there would be less wrong with the justice system in general.
Alternately, use the death penalty only when things are absolutely cut and clear, but make it A) immediate and B) public.
Of course part of that is that the "death penalty" is more of a "rot in prison for a decade or two and then we might kill you penalty", and by the time the executioners get around to offing anybody the public has completely forgotten about both the original crime and the murderer, and the execution doesn't even make the news.
A punishment of any kind can't serve as a warning to would-be criminals if it's carried out in a way that nobody knows or cares about.
As one of the fundy nutjobs, I'd like to say that this is ban is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.
Yes. Abort everybody who might ever be in a car accident. That would take care of the vast majority of America's problems.
This. There are hundreds if not thousands of accidents that wouldn't happen if people would just concentrate on actually driving to the best of their ability.
Because operating a jammer is *still* generally illegal in most jurisdictions?
I'm not sure I agree with the GP, but I see his point. If you grab someone's communication device from them you are then free to engage in a wide variety of criminal activities without your victim having any way to call for help. However, if you're willing to risk charges of assault, armed robbery, or whatever else you're going to do, another charge of phone snatching probably isn't going to deter you.
...regular books?
Those of you playing FPS and other low-data games might not need to care about resolution, but in high data games such as RTSs, the amount of information you can cram onto the screen (text or graphical) at once is vital.
Look at Gutenberg's entire Science Fiction bookshelf while you're there.
Er, yes, I scrambled my message by over-editing. Both of those books are by Lester Del Rey.
Like Heinlein, check out his earlier novels. I particularly enjoyed Police Your Planet and The Sky is Falling, both available on Gutenberg, last I checked.
Seconding the H. Beam Piper recommendation, particularly noting his Federation series.
Taking a browse through Project Gutenberg's whole Science Fiction bookshelf would probably be worth your time. That's where I picked up some of my first science fiction novels, and I particularly enjoyed H. Beam Piper's Federation series.
Seriously think that through. What happens if the tables are turned and the abuser is the one with the cellphone jammer? What happens if a person delusionally believes that they are entitled to extreme revenge over a minor slight? If you are going into a situation and want to prevent your target calling the police for any reason, you are on very, very dangerous ground.
So use explosives to create your compressed gas instead. Your newly launched space station will make you the envy of the neighborhood and the terror of missile defense systems everywhere.
That would just serve to encourage panic. Better for people to falsely consider you safe than to start equating "no internet access" or "asleep" with "probably dead".
So how does the system tell the difference between an intentional assisted suicide, an accidental overdose, and a premeditated murder?
7 Million is chump change.
In any other field but politics I could call that a false dichotomy. There is something horribly wrong with this democratic system.
And here we have it folks: there really are creepy stalkers on the internet.