Wouldn't it be easier to give everyone an "A" just for registering? At least society would get the benefit of 'whatever stuck to the wall' by the student's exposure (at least) to higher-math concepts...
Perhaps you could convince the man to hold a "meteor sale" in which he could draw attention by turning off the spots for the event? A gimmick like that might make everyone happy (for a day or so, anyway). Just a thought...
I don't know if anyone else had this experience, but CoolIris won't load the page on my Ubuntu notebook. No problem with ads, though, with AdBlockPlus, NoScript running...
from the summary: Steven Swain from the London Metropolitan Police states 'I don't know of a single incident where CCTV has actually been used to spot, apprehend or detain offenders in the act'."
The first five sentences in your post appears to contradict him. Care to elaborate?
> Her singing of its repetitive and insanely peppy themesong is driving my out of my mind, though.
Clearly so, but it could be worse: "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" is illustrative of subtraction, but somewhat tedious if one is not an actual red-eyed participant.
I am not 7 feet tall. Seems like a negative, seems pretty easy to prove. On the face of it, your statement is a trifle ambiguous. You might be over 7 feet tall, e.g. Or you might be six-eleven standing up, but measure an even seven feet lying down. If you are of more typical height, you could as easily state that you are less than seven feet tall, which is not a negative, but would appear to be a logical equivalent. Therefore no negative need be disproven.
I have tried to wade through Google samples and the mind-numbing entry at Wiki, but I am unable to answer your question simply. Maybe a more disciplined mind here can illuminate us both...
Curious. Is this capra you luv the film director or the goat genus? Are you by coincidence unrelated to GP, though you have similar usernames? Is this a case of a conversation between identical carbon-units? I'm personally too lazy to create more 'me's, so I answer myself via AC like norbal people. If I am wrong, I'm sorry. Carry on...
[...] for example, the Start button is on the top of the screen rather than the bottom, [...] Although the top is default for Ubuntu, it can be dragged w/ left mouse button to any border. If an ex-microsoft user simply must have the Start Button (menu, really) at bottom left, s/he can be accommodated.
Nope. It'll take some practice, but you can use your left hand (assuming you're a righty) for scrawling totals. Alternatively, you can stave off dementia by doing the arithmetic in your head... (not a jab at you--but for me it's a non-trivial matter) 8)
Next we'll require permits to for free speech in public areas [...] We already have so-called "free speech zones" -- fenced, policed areas in which nonviolent opposition to the gummint is permitted, generally placed where the object of protest (a person or group) never need confront detractors.
As an ancient activist who's been tear-gassed numerous times, I am shocked beyond belief that we have let our civil freedoms wither to a mockery of what once was a great country. The 'free speech' zone used to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (yeah, HI & AK, too)
The post by eldavojohn above raises interesting points. How does a city accommodate citizens wishing to use the same sidewalk for protesting or passage?
I don't know who wrote the "give us your poor, your hungry..." etc. line, [...] Relevant section of entry: Inscription The interior of the pedestal contains a bronze plaque inscribed with the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus. It has never been engraved on the exterior of the pedestal, despite such depictions in editorial cartoons.[23]
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Thank God all you want, but don't forget the brave developers, coders, programmers and others who, collectively, stood up to The Bully. They are our liberators, not a Supreme Being (may I be struck dead by lightning if it ain't so)!
In order for democracy to function properly, an educated electorate is fundamental. Anything else is mob rule that fuels demagoguery.
It is interesting that the point of view is that of someone raised under authoritarianism. He is mistrustful of central control, so he sees it as an overlay to plain old scientific methodology.
Everyone always assumes they know the motives of those that disagree with them. This case is no different, from my secular-humanist, nerdy POV.
I assume you are the same A.C. that has posted similar sentiments today. You have contributed nothing to the topics except calling someone a "karma whore". Why does that chafe your little behind so badly? Karma is like money. You can live without it, but it makes life easier.
Maybe a nice walk around the block will turn that frown upside-down?
The first sentence of your post appears not to actually be one, at least I can't find the predicate.
But the reason I'm replying is that you seem to have an omniscient view of how to fix gun violence. You posit unlikely scenarios in place of reasoned argument. I shiver to think what would happen if government tries to "protect" everything and everybody from every imagined danger. Have you heard of the Law of Unintended Consequences?
I'm still marveling over the idea of an "unreloadable-by-the-owner handgun". The Second Amendment aside, how could such a scheme work in, say, New Orleans, where we can't even fix the levees properly as the violence goes up?
What will happen when technology allows any attendee at any function to transmit information (multimedia, for example) to anywhere s/he wants to? I think our business models are in for a tough shakeout. Sidenote: the lawyers will make money either way...
Unable to be rational here... If thoughts could kill, this guy'd be worm-castings long ago. So he gets free room and board, along with a "roommate". I feel no mercy for him, any more than he felt for us.
I should think that sitting and reposing are two distinct physical states, happy or sad. The rest of your vivid but rambling post is interesting, not for its content, but for the fact that you took the time to say so little in so many words. I do think that when you dusted off cacodemonic, we'd sailed past hyperbole into gobbledygook. 8)
You're probably right, but in your reply a (dim?) bulb went off between my ears: If it were possible to identify email by class, UCE would stand out as the email equivalent of "bulk rate" (stuff that you don't even open via USPS). A digital stamp should be no less indicative of class than snail-mail bulk mailings. However, I just realized this would start a whole cottage industry in defeating such a plan, so maybe my cure is worse than the disease... 8)
[...]Just how do they expect to enforce their levy of taxes?
Trying to tax the internet is somewhat like trying to tax other forms of communication. The best they'll be able to do is tax the businesses that provide a service to connect to the internet (telcos and ISPs).[...] I would suppose they'll strong-arm those US telcos they can reach by leaning on the states in which they are based by withholding highway funds (a time-tested form of federal coercion). I don't see how they'd deal with non-US providers.
In a perfect world, I'd be happy to pay a cent or two for sending email if it meant the death of spam, UCE, or chain-letters!
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No food for the troll, but a candle against the darkness:
Ecclesiastes 3
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Wouldn't it be easier to give everyone an "A" just for registering? At least society would get the benefit of 'whatever stuck to the wall' by the student's exposure (at least) to higher-math concepts...
Perhaps you could convince the man to hold a "meteor sale" in which he could draw attention by turning off the spots for the event? A gimmick like that might make everyone happy (for a day or so, anyway). Just a thought...
I don't know if anyone else had this experience, but CoolIris won't load the page on my Ubuntu notebook. No problem with ads, though, with AdBlockPlus, NoScript running...
from the summary: Steven Swain from the London Metropolitan Police states 'I don't know of a single incident where CCTV has actually been used to spot, apprehend or detain offenders in the act'."
The first five sentences in your post appears to contradict him. Care to elaborate?
> Her singing of its repetitive and insanely peppy themesong is driving my out of my mind, though.
Clearly so, but it could be worse: "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" is illustrative of subtraction, but somewhat tedious if one is not an actual red-eyed participant.
I have tried to wade through Google samples and the mind-numbing entry at Wiki, but I am unable to answer your question simply. Maybe a more disciplined mind here can illuminate us both...
Curious. Is this capra you luv the film director or the goat genus? Are you by coincidence unrelated to GP, though you have similar usernames?
Is this a case of a conversation between identical carbon-units? I'm personally too lazy to create more 'me's, so I answer myself via AC like norbal people. If I am wrong, I'm sorry. Carry on...
Nope. It'll take some practice, but you can use your left hand (assuming you're a righty) for scrawling totals. Alternatively, you can stave off dementia by doing the arithmetic in your head... (not a jab at you--but for me it's a non-trivial matter) 8)
As an ancient activist who's been tear-gassed numerous times, I am shocked beyond belief that we have let our civil freedoms wither to a mockery of what once was a great country. The 'free speech' zone used to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (yeah, HI & AK, too)
The post by eldavojohn above raises interesting points. How does a city accommodate citizens wishing to use the same sidewalk for protesting or passage?
Inscription
The interior of the pedestal contains a bronze plaque inscribed with the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus. It has never been engraved on the exterior of the pedestal, despite such depictions in editorial cartoons.[23]
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
I find it remarkable that moderators have ignored this Informative comment. It should be seen by more people, imo.
ah-yup (unlessin' I's daid 'n y'all're too)
Thank God all you want, but don't forget the brave developers, coders, programmers and others who, collectively, stood up to The Bully.
They are our liberators, not a Supreme Being (may I be struck dead by lightning if it ain't so)!
In order for democracy to function properly, an educated electorate is fundamental. Anything else is mob rule that fuels demagoguery.
It is interesting that the point of view is that of someone raised under authoritarianism. He is mistrustful of central control, so he sees it as an overlay to plain old scientific methodology.
Everyone always assumes they know the motives of those that disagree with them. This case is no different, from my secular-humanist, nerdy POV.
I assume you are the same A.C. that has posted similar sentiments today. You have contributed nothing to the topics except calling someone a "karma whore". Why does that chafe your little behind so badly? Karma is like money. You can live without it, but it makes life easier.
Maybe a nice walk around the block will turn that frown upside-down?
The first sentence of your post appears not to actually be one, at least I can't find the predicate.
But the reason I'm replying is that you seem to have an omniscient view of how to fix gun violence. You posit unlikely scenarios in place of reasoned argument. I shiver to think what would happen if government tries to "protect" everything and everybody from every imagined danger. Have you heard of the Law of Unintended Consequences?
I'm still marveling over the idea of an "unreloadable-by-the-owner handgun". The Second Amendment aside, how could such a scheme work in, say, New Orleans, where we can't even fix the levees properly as the violence goes up?
What will happen when technology allows any attendee at any function to transmit information (multimedia, for example) to anywhere s/he wants to?
I think our business models are in for a tough shakeout. Sidenote: the lawyers will make money either way...
Got me curious, too. Here are some possibilities. Cheers...
Ha ha. I'd contribute to the K-Y jelly fund.
Unable to be rational here... If thoughts could kill, this guy'd be worm-castings long ago. So he gets free room and board, along with a "roommate". I feel no mercy for him, any more than he felt for us.
I should think that sitting and reposing are two distinct physical states, happy or sad. The rest of your vivid but rambling post is interesting, not for its content, but for the fact that you took the time to say so little in so many words. I do think that when you dusted off cacodemonic, we'd sailed past hyperbole into gobbledygook. 8)
You're probably right, but in your reply a (dim?) bulb went off between my ears: If it were possible to identify email by class, UCE would stand out as the email equivalent of "bulk rate" (stuff that you don't even open via USPS). A digital stamp should be no less indicative of class than snail-mail bulk mailings.
However, I just realized this would start a whole cottage industry in defeating such a plan, so maybe my cure is worse than the disease... 8)
Trying to tax the internet is somewhat like trying to tax other forms of communication. The best they'll be able to do is tax the businesses that provide a service to connect to the internet (telcos and ISPs).[...] I would suppose they'll strong-arm those US telcos they can reach by leaning on the states in which they are based by withholding highway funds (a time-tested form of federal coercion). I don't see how they'd deal with non-US providers.
In a perfect world, I'd be happy to pay a cent or two for sending email if it meant the death of spam, UCE, or chain-letters!