It depend on the remarks and the judge or panel. The Ninth Circuit (California area) is the most liberal circuit and is reversed by the Supreme Court more than any other Circuit, so an appeals court handling some part of the south certainly could come to a different conclusion.
Yes, China acts strategically in China's best interest. If the USA and other nations do not act in their own best interest, then China will become far dominant. That is not a bad thing. May the bet nation win. I think China will be that nation. If your own system cannot compete, then don't bitch: change it so that it CAN compete.
Incomplete. Nations may evolve in a sense, but they also benefit from world stability and the improvement of their community. The short-term selfish act may not generate the best result in the long term.
Version numbers these days are more about marketing than informational content. Based on no knowledge of the politics of the decision or any formal statements issued to the contrary, it really seems like someone signed off on a corporate plan to bring Firefox version numbers up to match or exceed IE version numbers.
At least, that would be the best explanation for it that comes to mind. It's really weird for tech people to see, but it may help convey the relative maturity of the browser to new laypeople.
I'm not sure--quite aside from YMMV by judge and IANAL, I think the question would be whether you could show that the breach of police powers in some way caused you "injury in fact." I think you wouldn't have standing if you're just someone random, but you might have standing if you could show that the government violated your rights personally--so maybe if you are a subscriber to an ISP that you know shares some piece of information about you personally with the government, if you believe that sharing to be unconstitutional.
It would not be a particularly good case for standing, but it might be enough.
The problem, of course, is that governments are generally not transparent about this sort of thing. I suppose everyone could issue FOIA requests, but I don't know how thoroughly they would be responded to. (Or the Canadian equivalent.)
It's not done. The *unmonitored* flow of information may be approaching nonexistence, but the vast majority of information flows freely. You can tell because you're posting on slashdot without any significant fear that a guy is going to show up and take your life away with a bullet or pen.
Same reason Canadians have been sacrificing their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq, while not a single Canadian supports those missions.
Even leaving aside the massive overgeneralization, this is simply not true. Particularly for Afghanistan. On 9/11, I remember very anti-american Canadians saying "Basically it's the same country." The war in Iraq has terrible support--of course it does, it had bad support even in the US--but Afghanistan is a different war, and I would expect it to have much higher support numbers.
It's not exactly "reprisals." It's more a question of job evaluation. An examiner who lets a bad patent through is doing a bad job. But an examiner who fails to let a good patent through is also doing a bad job.
The Demolition Man inspired phone will issue citations to chinese citizens for violation of the verbal morality statute on the recognition of key phrases including "human rights," "free tibet," "taiwan had the right idea," and "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is."
No, I didn't--I explicitly stated an assumption about the habits of the worker and the worker's pipelining, and provided fallback math for 50% efficiency. Not exactly an exhaustive study, but not bad for a random slashdot comment.
A commitment to democracy and the rule of law requires a commitment to equal protection, unless one argues that women, for example, are not people entitled to a voice in a democracy.
There is an interesting question of what it means to "trust" a country, of course--administration v. institutions v. citizenry, etc...
You are not necessarily immune to local cops just because you have someone in the department. You just are mostly immune--in many departments, informant X would not help significantly if cop Y happened to see you commit a violent felony, for example.
*modified* copy. They changed the code without changing the comments to reflect what the code was now doing. The code was not especially readable to begin with (being low-level TCP/IP code).
Nah, they should switch to Macs. There's nothing like running a TCP/IP stack that reuses a modified copy of old FreeBSD code without changing the comments. =)
We don't know it's not the case in Pakistan, because we didn't try it. If it makes you feel better, pretend the Drug Kingpin was bribing the feds to tip him off.
We will never really trust Pakistan--not until the women of Pakistan are treated as equals, the military hasn't taken over the government in recent history, and a Jew can walk around the place without facing discrimination. The biggest thing it has going for it is a fairly reputable judiciary and an active bar that cares about things like military takeovers of the government. In time, that may lead to more open-mindedness and reform. But it may take another century.
Keep in mind that the actual cost per unit will also be significantly higher than the projected cost per unit--this is a truism in military hardware that stems from the fact that they cancel most programs far before the projected unit count is reached to amortize the R&D costs the way that the projections are given to Congress.
Is it possible that the US left that helicopter there in order to mislead interested parties on stealth countermeasures and development?
Might that helicopter be, in essence, a doomed spy?
Not really, no. This was a raid against Osama. They would have gone with the simplest and most effective plan. Get in. Kill Osama. Gather hardware. Get out before Pakistan shows up.
Besides, they would not have wanted to use stealth tech that didn't work, assuming they have tech that did. It would be a career-ender for whoever came up with the idea if Pakistan detected it.
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So what is truth? Does an objective truth exist at all? How would we know it, assuming it even existed?
G'Kar: Well, if the book is holy and I am holy, then I must help you become closer to the thoughts of the universe. Put your face in the book. ...
It depend on the remarks and the judge or panel. The Ninth Circuit (California area) is the most liberal circuit and is reversed by the Supreme Court more than any other Circuit, so an appeals court handling some part of the south certainly could come to a different conclusion.
Many industries do, but at least some industries don't. There are some legal issues around not paying, though.
Yes, China acts strategically in China's best interest. If the USA and other nations do not act in their own best interest, then China will become far dominant. That is not a bad thing. May the bet nation win. I think China will be that nation. If your own system cannot compete, then don't bitch: change it so that it CAN compete.
Incomplete. Nations may evolve in a sense, but they also benefit from world stability and the improvement of their community. The short-term selfish act may not generate the best result in the long term.
Look up Nash Equilibrium.
That's okay. With the economy where it is, we can replace the magnets with interns.
Version numbers these days are more about marketing than informational content. Based on no knowledge of the politics of the decision or any formal statements issued to the contrary, it really seems like someone signed off on a corporate plan to bring Firefox version numbers up to match or exceed IE version numbers.
At least, that would be the best explanation for it that comes to mind. It's really weird for tech people to see, but it may help convey the relative maturity of the browser to new laypeople.
I'm not sure--quite aside from YMMV by judge and IANAL, I think the question would be whether you could show that the breach of police powers in some way caused you "injury in fact." I think you wouldn't have standing if you're just someone random, but you might have standing if you could show that the government violated your rights personally--so maybe if you are a subscriber to an ISP that you know shares some piece of information about you personally with the government, if you believe that sharing to be unconstitutional.
It would not be a particularly good case for standing, but it might be enough.
The problem, of course, is that governments are generally not transparent about this sort of thing. I suppose everyone could issue FOIA requests, but I don't know how thoroughly they would be responded to. (Or the Canadian equivalent.)
It's not done. The *unmonitored* flow of information may be approaching nonexistence, but the vast majority of information flows freely. You can tell because you're posting on slashdot without any significant fear that a guy is going to show up and take your life away with a bullet or pen.
Can you not bring something like a declaratory judgment action in a Canadian Court?
Same reason Canadians have been sacrificing their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq, while not a single Canadian supports those missions.
Even leaving aside the massive overgeneralization, this is simply not true. Particularly for Afghanistan. On 9/11, I remember very anti-american Canadians saying "Basically it's the same country." The war in Iraq has terrible support--of course it does, it had bad support even in the US--but Afghanistan is a different war, and I would expect it to have much higher support numbers.
It's not exactly "reprisals." It's more a question of job evaluation. An examiner who lets a bad patent through is doing a bad job. But an examiner who fails to let a good patent through is also doing a bad job.
The Demolition Man inspired phone will issue citations to chinese citizens for violation of the verbal morality statute on the recognition of key phrases including "human rights," "free tibet," "taiwan had the right idea," and "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is."
Military contracts in 3... 2...
Very good point. I would imagine it also varies significantly based on the market you are in. The price of real estate in Manhattan comes to mind.
No, I didn't--I explicitly stated an assumption about the habits of the worker and the worker's pipelining, and provided fallback math for 50% efficiency. Not exactly an exhaustive study, but not bad for a random slashdot comment.
A commitment to democracy and the rule of law requires a commitment to equal protection, unless one argues that women, for example, are not people entitled to a voice in a democracy.
There is an interesting question of what it means to "trust" a country, of course--administration v. institutions v. citizenry, etc...
You are not necessarily immune to local cops just because you have someone in the department. You just are mostly immune--in many departments, informant X would not help significantly if cop Y happened to see you commit a violent felony, for example.
*modified* copy. They changed the code without changing the comments to reflect what the code was now doing. The code was not especially readable to begin with (being low-level TCP/IP code).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/human-rights-first/mukhtar-mai-pakistani-wom_b_219553.html
Nah, they should switch to Macs. There's nothing like running a TCP/IP stack that reuses a modified copy of old FreeBSD code without changing the comments. =)
We don't know it's not the case in Pakistan, because we didn't try it. If it makes you feel better, pretend the Drug Kingpin was bribing the feds to tip him off.
We will never really trust Pakistan--not until the women of Pakistan are treated as equals, the military hasn't taken over the government in recent history, and a Jew can walk around the place without facing discrimination. The biggest thing it has going for it is a fairly reputable judiciary and an active bar that cares about things like military takeovers of the government. In time, that may lead to more open-mindedness and reform. But it may take another century.
Keep in mind that the actual cost per unit will also be significantly higher than the projected cost per unit--this is a truism in military hardware that stems from the fact that they cancel most programs far before the projected unit count is reached to amortize the R&D costs the way that the projections are given to Congress.
Is it possible that the US left that helicopter there in order to mislead interested parties on stealth countermeasures and development?
Might that helicopter be, in essence, a doomed spy?
Not really, no. This was a raid against Osama. They would have gone with the simplest and most effective plan. Get in. Kill Osama. Gather hardware. Get out before Pakistan shows up.
Besides, they would not have wanted to use stealth tech that didn't work, assuming they have tech that did. It would be a career-ender for whoever came up with the idea if Pakistan detected it.
I work for Lockheed. How did you get our secret stealth formula???
You might need to worry more about us now.
The guy at your gate sells it for $10.99 to use in roofing shingles.