Federal law has same-sex marriage, but a few states have passed and more are proposing 'religious freedom' bills that undermine it by stating that no individual, company or (in some states) government official can be required to recognise a marriage against their religious values, or penalised for refusing to do so. It means that anyone who wants can simply deny your marriage exists with legal immunity.
Many such contacts include a 'we can change the terms any time we want, and a lack of written objection from you will be considered agreement to the new terms' clause.
It's a badly-written law, one driven by good intentions but sure to have unintended consequences. The MPAA may be doing the right thing on this occasion, but only because it happens to be in their self-interest.
Personally I think the world just needs to get over this ridiculous obsession with catching a glimpse of someone naked. Yes, it's a breast. Plenty of those on the internet already, nothing special about yours.
They are not insane. They are just acting as any company is expected to: Every action they take is towards the goal of maximising their profitability. They oppose this law, not out of free speech concerns, but because it could get in the way of exploiting celebrity scandals for money in future.
Spying on neighbours, employing covert monitoring technology, publicly humiliating those he dislikes and having them hauled off to jail when he is able. Once again we see that few are so unconstrained by morality as those who honestly believe they are doing the right thing.
He probably honestly believes that he has 'saved' the prostitute now. She has been freed from her life of indignity and sin and released into the loving care of the US state prison system, where she can start her new life as an unemployable convict.
This wasn't done in view of the public. The man is a self-rightous prostitute-hunter - and he had to resort to a drone in this case in order to get close enough without being noticed.
I'm sure you can find some slaves, but I'd like to see some evidence for the 'most.' The economics just doesn't work out: Trafficking is a risky and expensive proposition that requires an elaborate criminal network. Simply hiring local labor is surely a cheaper option - it's not as if most countries are lacking in unemployed women who are desperate for a job.
Some states also have very strict laws against investigating suspected animal abuse in the meat industry - the lobbying is strong on that issue. After a series of scandals in which horrific conditions in farming and slaughtering food animals were exposed, the industry responded by pushing for 'ag-gag' laws to deter any further activists from trying to sneak a camera in.
Last time I got to abuse a metaphor like that, someone compared ISIS to a criminal who attacks you in the street, and said the correct response was to beat them up - by which they meant carpet-bomb ISIS-controlled territory to kill everyone.
I explained that this particular thug has strapped babies all over his body, knowing that few potential opponents are going to risk hitting him too hard for fear of killing some babies. Are you willing to murder babies?
Probably a technology test. Jamming GPS in a conflict would inconvenience the south and their allies a lot more than the north, so it's understandable they'd want the capability.
It's not that simple. There are requirements for the computationally-intense function that few tasks meet: - Must be slow to compute. - Must be fast to verify. - Must be adjustable in slowness. - Must be verifiable without anything other than the block and protocol specification. - Completed solution must be very small in storage requirements.
Indeed, but this product is aimed at hardcore gun-rights people. They aren't going to let the government tell them where they can't carry guns. Ignoring unconstitutional restrictions on their second amendment rights is their patriotic duty.
He's managed lead one of the most elaborate software development projects ever undertaken for fifteen years, taking it from a tinker-toy up to one of the most successful of all operating systems. That's pretty impressive. Managers may not produce anything directly of value themselves, but that doesn't mean they are not important for the success of a project.
Control the language, control the public. I recently wrote a comment on another story about the American College of Pediatricians. Look at that name and think what it brings to mind. Respected medical professionals? Academic integrity? That's the intention. In reality the respectable one is the American Academy of Pediatrics - after the AAP endorsed allowing gay couples to adopt in 2002 a few of their members broke off in protest and formed the ACP - an explicitly religious organisation, the primary purpose of which is to oppose gay rights. They've been condemned by a number of scientists for misrepresenting research, an in turn the ACP has condemned the mainstream pediatric profession as part of the 'gay agenda.'
There's a similar story with Morality in Media - their name used to be a joke, so obviously pushing an agenda that no-one would take them seriously. So they rebranded, and became the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. Suddenly they are being cited by some media as an expert group and called upon to testify before state legislatures, even writing the bill condemning pornography as a public health crisis that Utah recently passed. Same organisation, new name, the reaction is very different.
The term 'piracy' was originally applied to copyright infringement as a means to make the crime sound more serious, much like scalping. In that case it worked for a long time, though eventually the pirates simply adopted the name themselves with pride. I doubt that could have happened were actual piracy still a crime people worried about very much.
I learned how to make thermite in school. The chemistry teacher even made a little and demonstrated it behind the screen.
Many years later I was quite amused to see it in Mythbusters with Adam mocklingly referring to the components as 'blur' and 'blur' and holding bottles with pixelated labels, because this information was considered so dangerous by the producers that the ingredients could not even be named.
I've enough knowledge of chemistry right now to make four explosives (not including thermite, which doesn't explode), though I've never had reason to apply this knowledge. Plus I'd have to be insane to make propanone peroxide. You can make that stuff using paint stripper and hair bleach, but it's liable to go off if you look at it funny.
The power of religion comes, like all other power, from one of two sources: Voluntary compliance, or the threat of violence. It does not matter if the god is real - the believers are, and some of them are willing to use force up to and including execution to ensure nonbelievers do as they believe their god orders.
Back in the dialup days, I used to port scan the nearby range for any computer with netbios open - pretty common when windows 98 was still new. Then I'd leave text files on people's desktops telling them to fix it before someone worse than me stumbles in and steals all their data or wipes their computer for a laugh.
Israel has a serious problem of retaining Jewish identity. They try in every way they can - there's a reason they made Hebrew their official language even though it was barely spoken at the time and went to some lengths to promote it, and named their currency the shekel, and even outright bribe people of Jewish ancestry to immigrate there.
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Federal law has same-sex marriage, but a few states have passed and more are proposing 'religious freedom' bills that undermine it by stating that no individual, company or (in some states) government official can be required to recognise a marriage against their religious values, or penalised for refusing to do so. It means that anyone who wants can simply deny your marriage exists with legal immunity.
At 50KW? Never mind radio amateurs - you'll need a 'no pacemakers' sign on the garage.
Many such contacts include a 'we can change the terms any time we want, and a lack of written objection from you will be considered agreement to the new terms' clause.
It's a badly-written law, one driven by good intentions but sure to have unintended consequences. The MPAA may be doing the right thing on this occasion, but only because it happens to be in their self-interest.
Personally I think the world just needs to get over this ridiculous obsession with catching a glimpse of someone naked. Yes, it's a breast. Plenty of those on the internet already, nothing special about yours.
They are not insane. They are just acting as any company is expected to: Every action they take is towards the goal of maximising their profitability. They oppose this law, not out of free speech concerns, but because it could get in the way of exploiting celebrity scandals for money in future.
Spying on neighbours, employing covert monitoring technology, publicly humiliating those he dislikes and having them hauled off to jail when he is able. Once again we see that few are so unconstrained by morality as those who honestly believe they are doing the right thing.
He probably honestly believes that he has 'saved' the prostitute now. She has been freed from her life of indignity and sin and released into the loving care of the US state prison system, where she can start her new life as an unemployable convict.
This wasn't done in view of the public. The man is a self-rightous prostitute-hunter - and he had to resort to a drone in this case in order to get close enough without being noticed.
I'm sure you can find some slaves, but I'd like to see some evidence for the 'most.' The economics just doesn't work out: Trafficking is a risky and expensive proposition that requires an elaborate criminal network. Simply hiring local labor is surely a cheaper option - it's not as if most countries are lacking in unemployed women who are desperate for a job.
Some states also have very strict laws against investigating suspected animal abuse in the meat industry - the lobbying is strong on that issue. After a series of scandals in which horrific conditions in farming and slaughtering food animals were exposed, the industry responded by pushing for 'ag-gag' laws to deter any further activists from trying to sneak a camera in.
Last time I got to abuse a metaphor like that, someone compared ISIS to a criminal who attacks you in the street, and said the correct response was to beat them up - by which they meant carpet-bomb ISIS-controlled territory to kill everyone.
I explained that this particular thug has strapped babies all over his body, knowing that few potential opponents are going to risk hitting him too hard for fear of killing some babies. Are you willing to murder babies?
I doubt it. The GPS signals are pathetically weak - it doesn't take much to overpower them.
Probably a technology test. Jamming GPS in a conflict would inconvenience the south and their allies a lot more than the north, so it's understandable they'd want the capability.
The little dog's owner is China, and even if the owner admits their dog is out of control, it is still their dog. No-one wants to kill China's dog.
I do like metaphors. They can stretch so many ways.
It's not that simple. There are requirements for the computationally-intense function that few tasks meet:
- Must be slow to compute.
- Must be fast to verify.
- Must be adjustable in slowness.
- Must be verifiable without anything other than the block and protocol specification.
- Completed solution must be very small in storage requirements.
At least gold has a few practical uses. It's just too rare and expensive to use for most of them.
The world really needs more platinum. Specifically, I need cheap platinum so I can build a science project involving making lots of hydrogen.
Indeed, but this product is aimed at hardcore gun-rights people. They aren't going to let the government tell them where they can't carry guns. Ignoring unconstitutional restrictions on their second amendment rights is their patriotic duty.
Correct. I went to all the trouble of looking up the year linux began and subtracting, and then typoed a digit.
He's managed lead one of the most elaborate software development projects ever undertaken for fifteen years, taking it from a tinker-toy up to one of the most successful of all operating systems. That's pretty impressive. Managers may not produce anything directly of value themselves, but that doesn't mean they are not important for the success of a project.
Control the language, control the public. I recently wrote a comment on another story about the American College of Pediatricians. Look at that name and think what it brings to mind. Respected medical professionals? Academic integrity? That's the intention. In reality the respectable one is the American Academy of Pediatrics - after the AAP endorsed allowing gay couples to adopt in 2002 a few of their members broke off in protest and formed the ACP - an explicitly religious organisation, the primary purpose of which is to oppose gay rights. They've been condemned by a number of scientists for misrepresenting research, an in turn the ACP has condemned the mainstream pediatric profession as part of the 'gay agenda.'
There's a similar story with Morality in Media - their name used to be a joke, so obviously pushing an agenda that no-one would take them seriously. So they rebranded, and became the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. Suddenly they are being cited by some media as an expert group and called upon to testify before state legislatures, even writing the bill condemning pornography as a public health crisis that Utah recently passed. Same organisation, new name, the reaction is very different.
The term 'piracy' was originally applied to copyright infringement as a means to make the crime sound more serious, much like scalping. In that case it worked for a long time, though eventually the pirates simply adopted the name themselves with pride. I doubt that could have happened were actual piracy still a crime people worried about very much.
I learned how to make thermite in school. The chemistry teacher even made a little and demonstrated it behind the screen.
Many years later I was quite amused to see it in Mythbusters with Adam mocklingly referring to the components as 'blur' and 'blur' and holding bottles with pixelated labels, because this information was considered so dangerous by the producers that the ingredients could not even be named.
I've enough knowledge of chemistry right now to make four explosives (not including thermite, which doesn't explode), though I've never had reason to apply this knowledge. Plus I'd have to be insane to make propanone peroxide. You can make that stuff using paint stripper and hair bleach, but it's liable to go off if you look at it funny.
It's good for those who want a gun for self-defence but also need to enter areas where guns are prohibited, like federal buildings or schools.
The power of religion comes, like all other power, from one of two sources: Voluntary compliance, or the threat of violence. It does not matter if the god is real - the believers are, and some of them are willing to use force up to and including execution to ensure nonbelievers do as they believe their god orders.
Back in the dialup days, I used to port scan the nearby range for any computer with netbios open - pretty common when windows 98 was still new. Then I'd leave text files on people's desktops telling them to fix it before someone worse than me stumbles in and steals all their data or wipes their computer for a laugh.
But it was 'on a computer,' so the sentence automatically gains a few years.
Israel has a serious problem of retaining Jewish identity. They try in every way they can - there's a reason they made Hebrew their official language even though it was barely spoken at the time and went to some lengths to promote it, and named their currency the shekel, and even outright bribe people of Jewish ancestry to immigrate there.