Are you saying that your youthful beer and porn consumption damaged you in a fundamental way, and it was the law that prevented you from harming yourself further? Are you referring to Hell, or psychological problems?
You seem to say later that people will commit "hedonistic actions" and doom their society regardless of the customs and laws of that society. What is the purpose of the laws, then? Are you arguing for or against the laws?
There is indeed a difference between a legal act and a crime that someone gets away with - in the mind of the perpetrator. Depending on their personality, they may feel guilty, exhilerated, rebellious, or 'adult', which may affect whether they break that law again. If they commit the crime again, they will then suffer the "basic consequences" you mention.
What did you mean about weighing legal consequences against 6 billion people? I'm not sure where you were going with that.
Yes. Perhaps not always directly, but yes. First, you did it anyway, even though it was illegal. So making it legal would have reduced the potential legal trouble. Second, if it was legal, your parents would have been (perhaps only slightly) less opposed, so you would have been in less trouble on the parents front, per offense. Third, if it was legal then the alcohol would have been less interesting for you, as a child. You would probably have had about the same amount. The porn would have the same draw, I expect, but I doubt porn would get you in trouble inherently.
And regarding the "Worst Buy" headline. Granted, their store isn't the best store in the world, but in many communities it's the only store of its kind.
That doesn't mean it's not the worst buy. In fact, it guarantees it.
Now on the other hand, if they'd made (for instance) the wood elves dark (or the Rivendell ones) that would have made some sense because they were a seperate population.
Actually, it wouldn't, since elves are immortal, have very few children, and all come from the same stock. That said, the elves in Lothlorien seemed to look more androgynous in the movie than the ones in Rivendell. And Rivendell had the only dark-haired elves I saw (Elrond and Arwen, as half-elves, and two more unnamed elved at the council).
There is NOTHING wrong with this. Jeez, you can't have a strip joint right next to a kids clothing store, its not right and its not appropriate,
Um, all web sites are "right next to" each other. Or none are. Either way, your analogy isn't very relevant. Even if you want to have some sort of "next to" relationship between web sites, TLDs are fairly meaningless. More appropriate would be measuring the linking. Of course, by that measure, slashdot would be "right next to" the Christmas Islands.
I am suprised that the enviro freeks are not pushing it.
They are, but as soon as they do, they are no longer viewed as environmentalists - they are now hemp-freaks, and ignored even more studiously than they were before.
I see people driving SUVs with no one in them but themselves, obviously not carrying anything bigger than a small box. Why the HELL are they driving a hugeass SUV?
Sometimes, one hopes, it is because they occasionally need it, and would rather not have more than one car. Experience suggests that this is not the case very often. Many people with SUVs own two (often 'his and hers'), and use them exclusively for highway commuting and errands, with nary an off-road hauling trip.
...you don't hear people who drive SUVs whine about other folks choosing to walk.
Um... A walker complaining about SUVs compares to an SUV driver complaining about someone commuting in a tank, not a SUV driver complaining about walkers.
Thank God they still can't hide their voting record, but they sure try to obscure it, with bills and amendments named the exact opposite of what they do.
Don't forget "voice votes". That's how the DMCA was passed in the first place.
I don't personally object to amazon having a used bookstore, I just think they need to make it more clear
What's more clear than "Click here to buy it used"? Amazon's system is the best solution possible - all available copies are on the same page, and the customer can choose. Anything else would be unnecessarily confusing and redundant.
If you walked into a bricks and mortar bookshop and asked for a particular book you would expect to be offered the new, full price copy rather than a second hand one even if the shop had both unless you specifically asked for a second hand copy.
From a corporate-experience standpoint, yes. From a customer service standpoint, no. I'd expect them to ask whether I was looking for new or used, and tell me the price difference.
That's like saying TV is just a big commercial for television shows.
Heh, more and more, that's the case. Any show with a bit of an audience is in the process of being made available on DVD. Movies presented on TV that are cut for time and/or content can also serve double duty as ads for the VHS or DVD.
The reason there are no animals with tank treads is that there are no animals with wheels. The reason there are no animals with wheels is that the axle of the wheel has to be disconnected from the body of the animal. Therefore, it would not get any nutrients to grow. Additionally, muscular motion is linear, while wheel motion is rotational. If you already have the 'legs' that are going to turn the wheels, why add wheels? Third, small wheels are almost worthless in almost all natural terrain (true to a lesser extent for tank treads). Just think of a matchbox car on the lawn. Legs are more stable and versatile in uneven terrain. I think the irreducable complexity of tank treads on animals is pretty far don on the list of reasons they don't exist.
Most claims of irreducable complexity are just failures of imagination, anyway.
He obviously could remove it, since he put it through the X-ray. Apparently, they yanked on the wires coming out of his body anyway, like pulling on the PS2 socket with pliers after disconnecting the keyboard.
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Are you saying that your youthful beer and porn consumption damaged you in a fundamental way, and it was the law that prevented you from harming yourself further? Are you referring to Hell, or psychological problems?
You seem to say later that people will commit "hedonistic actions" and doom their society regardless of the customs and laws of that society. What is the purpose of the laws, then? Are you arguing for or against the laws?
There is indeed a difference between a legal act and a crime that someone gets away with - in the mind of the perpetrator. Depending on their personality, they may feel guilty, exhilerated, rebellious, or 'adult', which may affect whether they break that law again. If they commit the crime again, they will then suffer the "basic consequences" you mention.
What did you mean about weighing legal consequences against 6 billion people? I'm not sure where you were going with that.
I'd say that as an interested party they have even more business complaining about the actions of their business partner, if they disagree.
Yes. Perhaps not always directly, but yes. First, you did it anyway, even though it was illegal. So making it legal would have reduced the potential legal trouble. Second, if it was legal, your parents would have been (perhaps only slightly) less opposed, so you would have been in less trouble on the parents front, per offense. Third, if it was legal then the alcohol would have been less interesting for you, as a child. You would probably have had about the same amount. The porn would have the same draw, I expect, but I doubt porn would get you in trouble inherently.
Can you imagine how much MORE trouble I would have got myself into if these things were LEGAL?
None. It would have been legal.
And regarding the "Worst Buy" headline. Granted, their store isn't the best store in the world, but in many communities it's the only store of its kind.
That doesn't mean it's not the worst buy. In fact, it guarantees it.
You've gotta love theoretical money.
Now on the other hand, if they'd made (for instance) the wood elves dark (or the Rivendell ones) that would have made some sense because they were a seperate population.
Actually, it wouldn't, since elves are immortal, have very few children, and all come from the same stock. That said, the elves in Lothlorien seemed to look more androgynous in the movie than the ones in Rivendell. And Rivendell had the only dark-haired elves I saw (Elrond and Arwen, as half-elves, and two more unnamed elved at the council).
There is NOTHING wrong with this. Jeez, you can't have a strip joint right next to a kids clothing store, its not right and its not appropriate,
Um, all web sites are "right next to" each other. Or none are. Either way, your analogy isn't very relevant. Even if you want to have some sort of "next to" relationship between web sites, TLDs are fairly meaningless. More appropriate would be measuring the linking. Of course, by that measure, slashdot would be "right next to" the Christmas Islands.
I am suprised that the enviro freeks are not pushing it.
They are, but as soon as they do, they are no longer viewed as environmentalists - they are now hemp-freaks, and ignored even more studiously than they were before.
I see people driving SUVs with no one in them but themselves, obviously not carrying anything bigger than a small box. Why the HELL are they driving a hugeass SUV?
Sometimes, one hopes, it is because they occasionally need it, and would rather not have more than one car. Experience suggests that this is not the case very often. Many people with SUVs own two (often 'his and hers'), and use them exclusively for highway commuting and errands, with nary an off-road hauling trip.
...you don't hear people who drive SUVs whine about other folks choosing to walk.
Um... A walker complaining about SUVs compares to an SUV driver complaining about someone commuting in a tank, not a SUV driver complaining about walkers.
I DO hate babies and America!
ALL babies, or just the dancing and the talking ones?
Then neither is other virus software, since code has no emotions.
Thank God they still can't hide their voting record, but they sure try to obscure it, with bills and amendments named the exact opposite of what they do.
Don't forget "voice votes". That's how the DMCA was passed in the first place.
I don't personally object to amazon having a used bookstore, I just think they need to make it more clear
What's more clear than "Click here to buy it used"? Amazon's system is the best solution possible - all available copies are on the same page, and the customer can choose. Anything else would be unnecessarily confusing and redundant.
If you walked into a bricks and mortar bookshop and asked for a particular book you would expect to be offered the new, full price copy rather than a second hand one even if the shop had both unless you specifically asked for a second hand copy.
From a corporate-experience standpoint, yes. From a customer service standpoint, no. I'd expect them to ask whether I was looking for new or used, and tell me the price difference.
They're bolder on this (the US) side of the pond.
You could probably try to parse the tvguide.com results, if the thing has internet access.
That's like saying TV is just a big commercial for television shows.
Heh, more and more, that's the case. Any show with a bit of an audience is in the process of being made available on DVD. Movies presented on TV that are cut for time and/or content can also serve double duty as ads for the VHS or DVD.
Hush your mouth. No, there weren't.
Uh-oh. Will we have to watch the stupid studio logo and "FBI warning" before we get to see the second half?
What do you mean by disable? It writes into a file and thats all (well think service packs!).
Writing a few extra characters into an executable or a necessary data file of another program is disabling it.
The Spying software itself gets disabled.
Actually, it is the spying software that disables the anti-spying software.
Or that people who use their thumbs a lot get good at it. Even less surprising.
The reason there are no animals with tank treads is that there are no animals with wheels. The reason there are no animals with wheels is that the axle of the wheel has to be disconnected from the body of the animal. Therefore, it would not get any nutrients to grow. Additionally, muscular motion is linear, while wheel motion is rotational. If you already have the 'legs' that are going to turn the wheels, why add wheels? Third, small wheels are almost worthless in almost all natural terrain (true to a lesser extent for tank treads). Just think of a matchbox car on the lawn. Legs are more stable and versatile in uneven terrain. I think the irreducable complexity of tank treads on animals is pretty far don on the list of reasons they don't exist.
Most claims of irreducable complexity are just failures of imagination, anyway.
He obviously could remove it, since he put it through the X-ray. Apparently, they yanked on the wires coming out of his body anyway, like pulling on the PS2 socket with pliers after disconnecting the keyboard.