You assume that the property owner has the ability to pay the fine (or lien against his property).
What if the property owner is already heavily in debt and his other creditors have higher priority?
In that case the privatized fire department goes ahead and puts out the fire: They will have to eat the cost.
In that process of training & service for PCs don't forget the possibility that it might not be the computer that is infected:
There are viruses now that can infect routers and modems.
I can only imagine how pissed off a customer is going to be if their ISP insisted that they pay a professional to clean their computer and are still being denied internet access because their router is infected.
Binarylarry's reasons almost certainly have to be more than just "Apple hate" because he didn't even single out the iPad.
He has declared that all tablets are just a fad.
... And unfortunately people take Colbert seriously far too often. The Irony of Satire: "Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements."
It's even stronger than that: God is, supposedly, the omnipotent omniscient creator of everything.
That means everything good and everything evil.
So yes, that answer to [anything, really] is (from a theological point of view) "God did it".
Look at you, h-h-hacker: A path-th-thetic creature of meat and bone, p-p-panting and sweating as you run through my corridors! How can you challenge a perf-f-fect, immortal machine?
Rackspace is defending their right to not have the equipment that they own and their technical expertise used for the purpose of spreading hate. The people who are against Rackspace's decision don't do it because of "freedom of speech". Let's be honest. They do it because they're RACISTS.
Speaking of predictions: I seem to recall that, over the years, Global Climate Change skeptics have predicted that an investigation into the practices of Climatologists would prove that Global Warming is a "hoax".
This year we have had 3 investigations: All of which failed to turn up any evidence of scientific malpractice.
It's interesting that the "skeptics" can't seem to explain the contradictions between their predictions and reality!
I'm done with C. S. Lewis anyway.
The first 4 books (in Narnian chronology) are fantastic tales, but by book 5 (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) Lewis begins to get preachy. After he introduces "Eustace Clarence Scrubb" the series IMO just goes downhill from there.
I’m curious about this book "I Don't Have Faith Enough to be an Atheist":
Looking at the description of the book on Amazon is quite interesting. According to the sycophantic reviews from other Christian religious authors this book must provide bullet proof arguments for the existence of God.
If it’s anything like “A Purpose Driven Life”: I’m not going to pick it up. For anyone who hasn’t read APDL; Don’t bother, it’s a real stinker. I was given a copy a few weeks ago with the assurance that it contains “bullet proof” arguments of God’s existence... It doesn’t.
The main argument of APDL goes: You exist because God created you, and he created you so that you would serve him therefore God exists and because God exists he must the Judeo-Christian God and his son must be Christ.
The argument is bereft of any content worthy of serious intellectual consideration. Oh, but they did take the time to try to hock some cheezy tie-in 'wares like "APDL Journal" and "APDL Cards" all available for a small "donation".
That would explain why we've been told, since the beginning of time, that society is collapsing and "kids have no respect these days": "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
~ Socrates (399 BC)
A little bit of research indicates that the deepest hole drilled is ~12Km (1989).
Is anyone still doing this kind of research (deep hole drilling)? I ask because I've always imagined that our energy problems would be solved if we could drill 20-30Km down and start sucking up geothermal energy...
I'm sure someone's already thought of it, but I'd be curious to know why it has, so far, been dismissed.
I agree, but even if we did (for whatever reason) decide to mine the asteroids in Earth orbit:
Wouldn't the mining operation produce millions of tiny asteroid fragments that would clutter up Earth's orbit with debris and damage satellites?
To steal a little from Steven (of the Hawking variety): "But the real reason most scientists don't believe in astrology is not scientific evidence or the lack of it but because it is not consistent with other theories that have been tested by experiment.... There is no more experimental evidence for some of the theories described in this book [dark matter, string theory, quantum gravity] than there is for astrology, but we believe them because they are consistent with theories that have survived testing."
Excerpt from pages 103-104 of "The Universe in a Nutshell"
There are a lot of theories that haven't been fully observed but we believe in them because they are consistent with theories that have been well tested: Evolution, Global Warming, Dark Matter, etc.
It's funny you should mention that. I signed up for a Free Republic account and was perma-banned in 20 minutes. My offense? I posted a comment congratulating Al Franken on winning his Senate seat!
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You assume that the property owner has the ability to pay the fine (or lien against his property).
What if the property owner is already heavily in debt and his other creditors have higher priority?
In that case the privatized fire department goes ahead and puts out the fire: They will have to eat the cost.
If libertarians had their way and fire departments were privatized across the country:
Incidents like this would become an almost daily affair.
In that process of training & service for PCs don't forget the possibility that it might not be the computer that is infected:
There are viruses now that can infect routers and modems.
I can only imagine how pissed off a customer is going to be if their ISP insisted that they pay a professional to clean their computer and are still being denied internet access because their router is infected.
I'll have you know that managing space herpes is as much fun as it was contracting them.
They're the gift that just keeps on giving.
Binarylarry's reasons almost certainly have to be more than just "Apple hate" because he didn't even single out the iPad.
He has declared that all tablets are just a fad.
... And unfortunately people take Colbert seriously far too often.
The Irony of Satire: "Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements."
It's even stronger than that: God is, supposedly, the omnipotent omniscient creator of everything.
That means everything good and everything evil.
So yes, that answer to [anything, really] is (from a theological point of view) "God did it".
The Harper government must still be stinging from the contents of the RCMP Long-Gun Registry report that they tried to suppress.
Look at you, h-h-hacker: A path-th-thetic creature of meat and bone, p-p-panting and sweating as you run through my corridors! How can you challenge a perf-f-fect, immortal machine?
Rackspace is defending their right to not have the equipment that they own and their technical expertise used for the purpose of spreading hate. The people who are against Rackspace's decision don't do it because of "freedom of speech". Let's be honest. They do it because they're RACISTS.
Speaking of predictions: I seem to recall that, over the years, Global Climate Change skeptics have predicted that an investigation into the practices of Climatologists would prove that Global Warming is a "hoax".
This year we have had 3 investigations: All of which failed to turn up any evidence of scientific malpractice.
It's interesting that the "skeptics" can't seem to explain the contradictions between their predictions and reality!
Yeah, but at one time that meme totally ate my balls.
Warm, wet, and squishy doesn't seem to be a limiting factor on quantum mechanical behavior anymore: Untangling the Quantum Entanglement Behind Photosynthesis.
I'm done with C. S. Lewis anyway.
The first 4 books (in Narnian chronology) are fantastic tales, but by book 5 (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) Lewis begins to get preachy. After he introduces "Eustace Clarence Scrubb" the series IMO just goes downhill from there.
I’m curious about this book "I Don't Have Faith Enough to be an Atheist":
Looking at the description of the book on Amazon is quite interesting. According to the sycophantic reviews from other Christian religious authors this book must provide bullet proof arguments for the existence of God.
If it’s anything like “A Purpose Driven Life”: I’m not going to pick it up. For anyone who hasn’t read APDL; Don’t bother, it’s a real stinker. I was given a copy a few weeks ago with the assurance that it contains “bullet proof” arguments of God’s existence... It doesn’t.
The main argument of APDL goes: You exist because God created you, and he created you so that you would serve him therefore God exists and because God exists he must the Judeo-Christian God and his son must be Christ.
The argument is bereft of any content worthy of serious intellectual consideration. Oh, but they did take the time to try to hock some cheezy tie-in 'wares like "APDL Journal" and "APDL Cards" all available for a small "donation".
So the OP's point, that "the kids these days are all lousy slackers" was being made 3000 years ago, is still valid.
That is exactly what I meant.
Thank you for replying while I was busy.
That would explain why we've been told, since the beginning of time, that society is collapsing and "kids have no respect these days":
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
~ Socrates (399 BC)
A little bit of research indicates that the deepest hole drilled is ~12Km (1989).
Is anyone still doing this kind of research (deep hole drilling)? I ask because I've always imagined that our energy problems would be solved if we could drill 20-30Km down and start sucking up geothermal energy...
I'm sure someone's already thought of it, but I'd be curious to know why it has, so far, been dismissed.
I agree, but even if we did (for whatever reason) decide to mine the asteroids in Earth orbit:
Wouldn't the mining operation produce millions of tiny asteroid fragments that would clutter up Earth's orbit with debris and damage satellites?
We used to criticize the USSR because they politicized science.
It does not mean what you think it means.
To steal a little from Steven (of the Hawking variety): ... There is no more experimental evidence for some of the theories described in this book [dark matter, string theory, quantum gravity] than there is for astrology, but we believe them because they are consistent with theories that have survived testing."
"But the real reason most scientists don't believe in astrology is not scientific evidence or the lack of it but because it is not consistent with other theories that have been tested by experiment.
Excerpt from pages 103-104 of "The Universe in a Nutshell"
There are a lot of theories that haven't been fully observed but we believe in them because they are consistent with theories that have been well tested: Evolution, Global Warming, Dark Matter, etc.
It's funny you should mention that. I signed up for a Free Republic account and was perma-banned in 20 minutes. My offense? I posted a comment congratulating Al Franken on winning his Senate seat!
The ./ moderation bubble burst.
I hope you weren't too heavily invested in that comment.
How do you figure? I seem to recall this conservative "Bush" fellah racking up some big debts and crushing individual rights.