It is precisely because Prop. 8 domestic partnership doesn't confer the precise legal status of marriage that it failed: it confers no federal benefit, and a lot of what you get when you marry _is_ federal benefit. Very little is state-specific.
And in regards to this, please familiarize yourself with state laws on marriage. I'll start you with the California Family Code
At the time, with DOMA on the books, state laws granting homosexual marriage did not grant federal rights. Federal law has changed in the preceding time because of court rulings. At this time, it's not entirely clear what the federal government will do regarding recognition of rights of those under laws like those in MA, but other states that recognize some form of gay marriage/union/partnership all recognize them the same way that they are within the state, as legal marriage.
With respects to Prop 8 and California, Domestic Partnership in California grants all rights that are allowable under state law(including health care, tax benefits, etc. The law states explicitly that it mirrors marriage laws). Obviously, a state law cannot override federal law. Voting no to Prop 8 specifically did not affect any rights of any Californian or non-Californian.
As far as male and female rights, there are exceptions to all laws. Selective Service violates the Equal Protections clause of the 14th Amendment, yet it's legal.
Not to be a pedant, but he would have the exact same rights. Both would have been able to marry someone of the opposite sex. Rather, one wanted a right they wanted to stay on the books, while this guy didn't care for that right and was perfectly fine with it being taken away.
Well, the problem isn't so much the freedom as the principle. People want to do something that a huge number of people consider controversial. Someone uses their democratic right and votes against it. A different group of people publicly lynch that someone for taking an opposing view. It's unhealthy to society for people who hold opposing views to be crucified. It's uncivil and counter-productive.
If I'm walking through a parking lot and someone starts a Prius right next to me, I hear nothing. When the Prius shifts into reverse, I hear nothing. When the Prius starts to back up, I hear a small tone and the sound of tires on surface after the car has started to roll, the sound of which is variable depending on the quality of the surface and the tires. When there are many things going on, as there are on your average street or parking lot, hearing the small tone of a Prius is a lot more difficult than you think.
Except that it's a huge issue for the vision impaired, which is the primary justification for adding louder engine noises to cars like the Prius. Don't get yourself on the wrong side of the ADA or you will find yourself in a world of hurt
Benefits from working are taxable. If you are picking people up as a way to work, you're working and those miles are taxable at their dollar value. Carpooling to work and picking up hitchhikers isn't the same as doing what these apps are doing
Meh. Look at Neuromancer, Snow Crash, and Surrogates, now mix Occulus Rift with Playstation Home and you have those worlds. Those realities aren't too far off. Google Glass allows you to walk bodily in the world, but VR allows you to become someone better than yourself, and, as the internet has shown, plenty of people hate themselves enough to pretend to be someone else when they can. The virtual main streets of Snow Crash may be the future, or the body doubles of Surrogates may be the future. Either way, those are competition to Google Glass, but it's a bit further sighted.
Carmack probably is stuck unless he wants to forego a payout(so-called golden handcuffs). Likely he has a time based contract that vests a payout over time. Leave now and lose tens of millions. Leave in 2 years and vest some/all of it.
I get it, but it's not like establishing this interconnectivity is free or cheap(I've seen articles from Anand and other technical websites indicating ~$10k per peer for the configuration and support). Who's going to pay for it? How is it not going to raise our fees we already pay as end users?
ADP, Kronos, SAP, IBM, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, etc. They hire legions of programmers and they prefer older types that arent going to jump ship at some chance to work for the next Twitter
1) Associates degrees are two year programs.
2) Like any other degree, the point is to get the piece of paper. You're hoping that the degree shows that people are smart enough to learn a new language with an understanding of how the language of their particular platform works in general. Web development is a lot less based in hard math/logic in general than most other forms of development. You don't train a nurse to perform open heart surgery like they're some kind of cardiologist, thus you don't need to train a javascript developer to write assembly or know advanced calculus.
They're cool with China suppressing political speech, committing wrongful imprisonment, treating employees like shit, mortgaging the planet's future for short term gain, and providing no legal protections for homosexuals, but Arizona doing only one of those things gets them threatened by the Apple CEO. I love it
Not sure if you've been paying attention, but the people protesting the buses in the streets are anti-gentrification types. You know, poor locals who are getting pushed out of their homes by people working for Google and the neighborhoods become unaffordable so they're forced to leave.
Yes, companies full of naive young people should locate to gnarly blighted urban ghettos and inner ring suburbs where they have less control over building design and negative value from the local amenities. Great idea. Let me know how that works out
No, because Cogent has other services that are affected, like League of Legends, who are making their own deals to route around the saturated routes. This is a dispute between Comcast and Cogent.
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And in regards to this, please familiarize yourself with state laws on marriage. I'll start you with the California Family Code
At the time, with DOMA on the books, state laws granting homosexual marriage did not grant federal rights. Federal law has changed in the preceding time because of court rulings. At this time, it's not entirely clear what the federal government will do regarding recognition of rights of those under laws like those in MA, but other states that recognize some form of gay marriage/union/partnership all recognize them the same way that they are within the state, as legal marriage.
With respects to Prop 8 and California, Domestic Partnership in California grants all rights that are allowable under state law(including health care, tax benefits, etc. The law states explicitly that it mirrors marriage laws). Obviously, a state law cannot override federal law. Voting no to Prop 8 specifically did not affect any rights of any Californian or non-Californian.
As far as male and female rights, there are exceptions to all laws. Selective Service violates the Equal Protections clause of the 14th Amendment, yet it's legal.
Not to be a pedant, but he would have the exact same rights. Both would have been able to marry someone of the opposite sex. Rather, one wanted a right they wanted to stay on the books, while this guy didn't care for that right and was perfectly fine with it being taken away.
Well, the problem isn't so much the freedom as the principle. People want to do something that a huge number of people consider controversial. Someone uses their democratic right and votes against it. A different group of people publicly lynch that someone for taking an opposing view. It's unhealthy to society for people who hold opposing views to be crucified. It's uncivil and counter-productive.
I'm pretty sure Anonymous Coward's Slashdot karma is already in the shitter
I have not seen a modern combustion engine car that I cannot hear start or cannot hear operating externally, including my mother in law's CTS
If I'm walking through a parking lot and someone starts a Prius right next to me, I hear nothing. When the Prius shifts into reverse, I hear nothing. When the Prius starts to back up, I hear a small tone and the sound of tires on surface after the car has started to roll, the sound of which is variable depending on the quality of the surface and the tires. When there are many things going on, as there are on your average street or parking lot, hearing the small tone of a Prius is a lot more difficult than you think.
Except that it's a huge issue for the vision impaired, which is the primary justification for adding louder engine noises to cars like the Prius. Don't get yourself on the wrong side of the ADA or you will find yourself in a world of hurt
The apps are a method of selling a service, just like eBay is a method of selling a good
Benefits from working are taxable. If you are picking people up as a way to work, you're working and those miles are taxable at their dollar value. Carpooling to work and picking up hitchhikers isn't the same as doing what these apps are doing
Have you used Playstation Home?
Meh. Look at Neuromancer, Snow Crash, and Surrogates, now mix Occulus Rift with Playstation Home and you have those worlds. Those realities aren't too far off. Google Glass allows you to walk bodily in the world, but VR allows you to become someone better than yourself, and, as the internet has shown, plenty of people hate themselves enough to pretend to be someone else when they can. The virtual main streets of Snow Crash may be the future, or the body doubles of Surrogates may be the future. Either way, those are competition to Google Glass, but it's a bit further sighted.
Think Snow Crash or Neuromancer. Hell, think of Playstation Home.
Carmack probably is stuck unless he wants to forego a payout(so-called golden handcuffs). Likely he has a time based contract that vests a payout over time. Leave now and lose tens of millions. Leave in 2 years and vest some/all of it.
I get it, but it's not like establishing this interconnectivity is free or cheap(I've seen articles from Anand and other technical websites indicating ~$10k per peer for the configuration and support). Who's going to pay for it? How is it not going to raise our fees we already pay as end users?
How well does rehabilitation work if the majority of people become repeat offenders? Not every person is redeemable.
ADP, Kronos, SAP, IBM, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, etc. They hire legions of programmers and they prefer older types that arent going to jump ship at some chance to work for the next Twitter
Or, it's just for the Source engine, because that was/is DX9
1) Associates degrees are two year programs.
2) Like any other degree, the point is to get the piece of paper. You're hoping that the degree shows that people are smart enough to learn a new language with an understanding of how the language of their particular platform works in general. Web development is a lot less based in hard math/logic in general than most other forms of development. You don't train a nurse to perform open heart surgery like they're some kind of cardiologist, thus you don't need to train a javascript developer to write assembly or know advanced calculus.
They're cool with China suppressing political speech, committing wrongful imprisonment, treating employees like shit, mortgaging the planet's future for short term gain, and providing no legal protections for homosexuals, but Arizona doing only one of those things gets them threatened by the Apple CEO. I love it
Not sure if you've been paying attention, but the people protesting the buses in the streets are anti-gentrification types. You know, poor locals who are getting pushed out of their homes by people working for Google and the neighborhoods become unaffordable so they're forced to leave.
Yea, I'm sure the food options in Skid Row are superb. Crack laced rat burgers sound divine
Yes, companies full of naive young people should locate to gnarly blighted urban ghettos and inner ring suburbs where they have less control over building design and negative value from the local amenities. Great idea. Let me know how that works out
No, because Cogent has other services that are affected, like League of Legends, who are making their own deals to route around the saturated routes. This is a dispute between Comcast and Cogent.