I really don't understand why the Muslim community is not publicly outraged at these people that give their faith a bad name.
Because these people are doing exactly what that religion teaches. Mohammedanism is violent by nature. Now, if it were a self-proclaimed 'Christian' group making thinly-veiled death threats, then it would be completely different. Christianity is, by nature, about love, and helping one another to know and live the truth. Self-proclaimed 'Christian' groups, which practice or support violence, are quickly condemned by Christians. Violent Mohammedan groups are quietly supported by the rest of the religion's practitioners, because violence is what their religion teaches.
DSL works well. It's 50 MB, can boot off a USB flash stick, and comes with its own virtual environment for running within MS Windows. It's probably missing a few features you will want for teaching a course in Linux, though.
I also like Puppy Linux. I was able to make an MP3 player out of a small thin client computer and this OS. I just had to modify a few shell scripts, and plug the TC into my home stereo.
That would be the property owners, which are mostly upper middle class, empty nesters, with 90% of homes selling for $500K - $2M.
Four of the last 5 years I lived within a 5 minute drive of Lower Merion, and a buddy of mine has a daughter that's a Freshman (Sophomore?) in the school system there.
If I were the one in charge of making the decision about what to do with this child, I would let him go and be thankful to him. He exposed a serious problem, and did no harm. If a 9 year old can do it, then a 17 year old can, and would be much more likely to cause harm. It's better to discover this problem with no damage being done, and fix it, than not discover it until someone who really knows what they're doing hacks in and actually does something destructive.
Instead, in its most recent quarterly report, HP states that in foreign nations 'it is common to engage in business practices that are prohibited by laws and regulations.'
Apparently they didn't read their own Ethics & Compliance materials. As a former HP employee, I can tell you that every year the employees are required to take an online course in Ethics and Compliance. Part of those materials mentions that HP won't participate in any activities that are expected practice in other countries, but forbidden in the US. The specific example of bribery was included. Furthermore, simply knowing that a partner or subsidiary is doing something unethical on behalf of HP is forbidden. The act of a business partner bribing a customer to secure a contract for HP was one of the examples. In fact, there were even videos with actors portraying these situations. Then again, maybe the training materials grew out of this specific case.
The school is the primary defendant in this civil case, but that doesn't preclude the possibility of criminal cases stemming from this. If she did something that might be (borderline) criminal, then she would want to shut up about it, rather than risk criminal prosecution.
The biological desire to procreate is ingrained in nearly every human being to ever live, and I am not talking about simple sexual gratification. It's an innate desire that we (nearly) all have. To deny it is akin to denying one's desire for safety and freedom. Sure, we CAN, but should we? I don't have an answer, and I'm not even sure what my own opinion is.
The definition of biological parentage (as opposed to adopted parentage) has always been genetic. Just because the egg cell came from a third party does not make her a parent. She supplied no DNA. I'm sure that one day scientists will mix and match DNA from three human beings, but that is not what this article is about.
I wonder if the Westboro family would be permitted to picket the funerals of soldiers in most european countries like they can here? That was the thing that prompted the discussion between my wife and I. The idea that they can do such a thing, and face no repurcussions, is quite mind-boggling.
An addiction weakens, if not breaks, a person's free will. When a person is addicted, they don't choose to smoke. The addiction tells them to smoke, and they do it despite any desire they may have to not do so. Ask any recovering alcoholic why he can't have even one drink. The second the addiction takes hold, all control and free will goes out the window.
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They're also generally more polite (except French), and less materialistic (except Brits and Italians). At least, that's my observation, and may be considered insulting to Americans, or even a nationality-based form of racism. 8^P
And before anyone mods me down, please realize that I'm trying to be satirical, and don't actually mean what I just said. 8^P
AFAIK, in here in the US you can't sue someone for racist or sexist statements. That's why the KKK, Neo Nazis, etc., are still able to function in plain sight. If someone were to cause physical harm, then that's a hate crime and subject to law enforcement, but holding rallies and spewing racist comments is completely legal. That's the thing that surprised my wife the most, I think.
Then again, maybe I'm a moron who doesn't understand Free Speech laws as well as I should. 8^P
I actually had a long discussion about accountability vs. free speech with my wife yesterday, and she was shocked that you can't sue someone for insulting you (she's from Europe). The idea that someone can call you a stupid moron, and you can't sue them, is simply incomprehensible to her. I know that you can sue someone for making false accusations of adultery (or similarly damaging), and circulating the rumors (slander), or printing them in some fashion (libel). At what point does freedom of speech cross over to something which should be dealt with in a modern form of the old fashioned honor duel?
Who wins really depends on what you define as the goal. If you define the goal of censors as "preventing any undesired material from getting through" then they are doomed to failure. They would need to win every single time, squashing every single instance of material that they wish to block. The evaders would only need to get one piece of material past the censors to win.
The real goal is much more complicated, and depends on critical mass of information being achieved for the evaders to win, while the censors need only prevent this critical mass from being achieved. It's much like childhood vaccinations. For the disease to win, it needs to reach critical mass in the herd, infecting a certain percentage of the population to become self-perpetuating. For the herd to win, it needs to prevent the disease from reaching critical mass. A few small pockets of individuals can be sacrificed for the greater good of the herd, but as long as those pockets are small and contained, critical mass won't be achieved, and a full-blown outbreak can be prevented.
So what do you think the Chinese government's goal is? The blocking of every instance of undesired material from getting through, and "protecting" every single citizen? Or is it prevention of critical mass, which would mean that enough people learn the truth that they decide to overthrow the government?
In the last two companies that I have worked, it has become a policy to never, ever, retain log IMs. This is so that if we were ever sued, we had more deniability, because there were less records. If your IM client doesn't log the messages, then you don't need to go looking for them.
That's what got me too. They based the game very loosely on 3.5 edition rules. I had played 3.5 enough to have set expectations of how the game would work. When it didn't function as I expected, I got frustrated and annoyed. Afterall, combat in DND is supposed to be more tactical, and less hack and slash, but making bosses competely IMMUNE to CC?! That eliminates 90% of the tactical options, and 99% of the fun. All that is left is hack, hack, hack.
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I really don't understand why the Muslim community is not publicly outraged at these people that give their faith a bad name.
Because these people are doing exactly what that religion teaches. Mohammedanism is violent by nature. Now, if it were a self-proclaimed 'Christian' group making thinly-veiled death threats, then it would be completely different. Christianity is, by nature, about love, and helping one another to know and live the truth. Self-proclaimed 'Christian' groups, which practice or support violence, are quickly condemned by Christians. Violent Mohammedan groups are quietly supported by the rest of the religion's practitioners, because violence is what their religion teaches.
DSL works well. It's 50 MB, can boot off a USB flash stick, and comes with its own virtual environment for running within MS Windows. It's probably missing a few features you will want for teaching a course in Linux, though.
I also like Puppy Linux. I was able to make an MP3 player out of a small thin client computer and this OS. I just had to modify a few shell scripts, and plug the TC into my home stereo.
That would be the property owners, which are mostly upper middle class, empty nesters, with 90% of homes selling for $500K - $2M.
Four of the last 5 years I lived within a 5 minute drive of Lower Merion, and a buddy of mine has a daughter that's a Freshman (Sophomore?) in the school system there.
If I were the one in charge of making the decision about what to do with this child, I would let him go and be thankful to him. He exposed a serious problem, and did no harm. If a 9 year old can do it, then a 17 year old can, and would be much more likely to cause harm. It's better to discover this problem with no damage being done, and fix it, than not discover it until someone who really knows what they're doing hacks in and actually does something destructive.
Instead, in its most recent quarterly report, HP states that in foreign nations 'it is common to engage in business practices that are prohibited by laws and regulations.'
Apparently they didn't read their own Ethics & Compliance materials. As a former HP employee, I can tell you that every year the employees are required to take an online course in Ethics and Compliance. Part of those materials mentions that HP won't participate in any activities that are expected practice in other countries, but forbidden in the US. The specific example of bribery was included. Furthermore, simply knowing that a partner or subsidiary is doing something unethical on behalf of HP is forbidden. The act of a business partner bribing a customer to secure a contract for HP was one of the examples. In fact, there were even videos with actors portraying these situations. Then again, maybe the training materials grew out of this specific case.
You're modded funny, but that's probably the truth.
Don't forget the district's insurer. They'll be paying when judgment is found in the plaintiffs' favor.
The school is the primary defendant in this civil case, but that doesn't preclude the possibility of criminal cases stemming from this. If she did something that might be (borderline) criminal, then she would want to shut up about it, rather than risk criminal prosecution.
I must admit, I stand corrected. Thank you for the insight.
Which has no effect on the child's DNA. The mitochondria have no effect on the eye color, height, blood type, etc.
This week, that was overturned, and the plaintiff in one case (where his son's funeral was picketed) was odered to pay $16,000 in court costs.
The biological desire to procreate is ingrained in nearly every human being to ever live, and I am not talking about simple sexual gratification. It's an innate desire that we (nearly) all have. To deny it is akin to denying one's desire for safety and freedom. Sure, we CAN, but should we? I don't have an answer, and I'm not even sure what my own opinion is.
The definition of biological parentage (as opposed to adopted parentage) has always been genetic. Just because the egg cell came from a third party does not make her a parent. She supplied no DNA. I'm sure that one day scientists will mix and match DNA from three human beings, but that is not what this article is about.
I wonder if the Westboro family would be permitted to picket the funerals of soldiers in most european countries like they can here? That was the thing that prompted the discussion between my wife and I. The idea that they can do such a thing, and face no repurcussions, is quite mind-boggling.
An addiction weakens, if not breaks, a person's free will. When a person is addicted, they don't choose to smoke. The addiction tells them to smoke, and they do it despite any desire they may have to not do so. Ask any recovering alcoholic why he can't have even one drink. The second the addiction takes hold, all control and free will goes out the window.
For those who are unaware, you can click on the Prefs button at the bottom of this page, and change your settings to not display signatures in comments. I know that the parent was just trolling, but I think this is a handy piece of information that some people don't know.
This isn't really "news" so much as a PSA. To everyone who bought an iPad and is going to travel to Israel, don't bring your iPad with you.
I'm less likely to believe that the 12 year old girl developed Tourettes, and more likely to believe that she simply entered adolescence.
They're also generally more polite (except French), and less materialistic (except Brits and Italians). At least, that's my observation, and may be considered insulting to Americans, or even a nationality-based form of racism. 8^P
And before anyone mods me down, please realize that I'm trying to be satirical, and don't actually mean what I just said. 8^P
AFAIK, in here in the US you can't sue someone for racist or sexist statements. That's why the KKK, Neo Nazis, etc., are still able to function in plain sight. If someone were to cause physical harm, then that's a hate crime and subject to law enforcement, but holding rallies and spewing racist comments is completely legal. That's the thing that surprised my wife the most, I think.
Then again, maybe I'm a moron who doesn't understand Free Speech laws as well as I should. 8^P
As long as people have their bread and circuses, they will be content. The Roman Empire figured that out a long time ago, and it's still true today.
I actually had a long discussion about accountability vs. free speech with my wife yesterday, and she was shocked that you can't sue someone for insulting you (she's from Europe). The idea that someone can call you a stupid moron, and you can't sue them, is simply incomprehensible to her. I know that you can sue someone for making false accusations of adultery (or similarly damaging), and circulating the rumors (slander), or printing them in some fashion (libel). At what point does freedom of speech cross over to something which should be dealt with in a modern form of the old fashioned honor duel?
Who wins really depends on what you define as the goal. If you define the goal of censors as "preventing any undesired material from getting through" then they are doomed to failure. They would need to win every single time, squashing every single instance of material that they wish to block. The evaders would only need to get one piece of material past the censors to win.
The real goal is much more complicated, and depends on critical mass of information being achieved for the evaders to win, while the censors need only prevent this critical mass from being achieved. It's much like childhood vaccinations. For the disease to win, it needs to reach critical mass in the herd, infecting a certain percentage of the population to become self-perpetuating. For the herd to win, it needs to prevent the disease from reaching critical mass. A few small pockets of individuals can be sacrificed for the greater good of the herd, but as long as those pockets are small and contained, critical mass won't be achieved, and a full-blown outbreak can be prevented.
So what do you think the Chinese government's goal is? The blocking of every instance of undesired material from getting through, and "protecting" every single citizen? Or is it prevention of critical mass, which would mean that enough people learn the truth that they decide to overthrow the government?
In the last two companies that I have worked, it has become a policy to never, ever, retain log IMs. This is so that if we were ever sued, we had more deniability, because there were less records. If your IM client doesn't log the messages, then you don't need to go looking for them.
That's what got me too. They based the game very loosely on 3.5 edition rules. I had played 3.5 enough to have set expectations of how the game would work. When it didn't function as I expected, I got frustrated and annoyed. Afterall, combat in DND is supposed to be more tactical, and less hack and slash, but making bosses competely IMMUNE to CC?! That eliminates 90% of the tactical options, and 99% of the fun. All that is left is hack, hack, hack.