by far the most deaths have been caused by catholics and protestants over Northern Ireland, including a large number of bombings outside Northern Ireland such as the bomb aimed at taking out parts of the British cabinet back in '84. People have short memories.
No, people just know that "The Troubles" don't really have anything to do with Christianity. The root cause of this is an English/Irish hatred that goes back long before there even *was* Protestantism. We see a Protestant/Catholic split only because the great majority of the Irish are Catholic and the great majority of the English/English-descended are Protestant (because the English followed their king Henry VIII into forming the Anglican Church whereas the Irish weren't disposed to follow an English king *anywhere*).
Use a limit. If (hours of downtime = 0) Limit of 1/(hours of downtime) as (hours of downtime) goes to 0. Else 1/(hours of downtime)
You must've flunked Freshman Calculus. The limit of 1/x as x approaches zero from the right (which is what we're doing here; we're not considering negative hours of downtime) increases without bound (i.e., is still infinity).
What kind of fucked-up system allows this to happen?
Seriously.
The system the US Congress has had since approximately forever. In committee, amendments may be proposed and the bill will be changed if the amendment passes. The same when it comes to a vote before the whole chamber. There is no rule that the amendment have anything whatsoever to the original bill. Getting what you want passed by getting it attached to a must-pass bill is a favorite tactic.
There are different levels of risk averseness in different people. Apparently you are highly risk averse and consider all gambling not worthwhile.
No, "Highly risk averse" means you don't like a proposition where you're 90% likely to lose your money, but if you don't, you'll get back 20 times what you bet (a good-quality venture capital investment can look like this). Not liking Vegas gambling where the odds are expertly rigged against you is not "risk averse", but rather more along the lines of "intelligent".
That would be true, except that there is a tradition in our government of requiring that even private entities respect individual civil rights to some extent. If you don't believe it, try putting up a sign in front of you house that reads "House For Rent By Owner. Whites only."
Um, actually, no, there's no such tradition. Over the past fifty years, the government has added civil rights laws that require such respect in certain specified cases (which is why you can't specify your house be sold to whites only), but when you can't point to a law that requires it, you are free to do as you like. The owner of a printing press is free to print or refuse to print what he likes, for whatever reason he likes (as long as he doesn't commit libel). Those whose writings he refuses to print have no recourse to the first amendment to force him to print, regardless of why he refused them. You can't legally prevent the ESRB from issuing ratings, and you can't legally prevent game manufactors and game resellers from deciding whether or not to market games based on those ratings.
The difference between D&D, and Magic, is that people (as far as I know) don't play D&D in any sort of tournaments.
You know, a couple of minutes with Google could've corrected that assumption. D&D tournaments are regularly held at gaming conventions. Many D&D adventure modules were originally used for a tournament before they were released to the public.
Sega never dominated the market. For one generation, the Genesis managed to pull within hailing distance of the SNES, but even then the SNES outsold it. Then Sony waded in and owned the market.
No, she was 15 (in both Macross and Robotech--Robotech added a few years to some of the characters ages (Rick Hunter is two years older than Hikaru Ichijyou), but not Minmei's).
No, she's charged with copyright infringement. She didn't remove one single item from the possession of someone else, therefore it can't be theft.
It should be obvious, but she is certainly not allowed to break into the theater after closing to make the copy for "fair use".
Good thing she didn't do that, then.
She cannot steal a copy of the DVD from Blockbuster even though her use might be called "fair use" under copyright.
Good thing she didn't do that either, then.
Thus we know there are limits on the claim of "fair use" in obtaining the material.
Yes, you can't commit a felony, such as breaking and entering, or theft (*real*, *actual* theft) in the course of obtaining material for fair use. So what crime, other than the alleged copyright infringement (which the defense of fair use *does* cover), did she commit?
Well, those who know that the "atmosphere" is indeed a standard meaure of pressure (equal to about 100 kiloPascals or 15 pounds per square inch) thought it made perfect sense. Yes, it is a standardization of Earth's atmospheric pressure at sea-level, but it's still a standard that is internationally defined and sees use.
Uhm, how/why would 10 affiliate links/sponsors slow down your site?
He means having banners or other content that is actually retrieved from the affiliate/sponsor's site, thereby insuring your page will load at the response rate of the *slowest* of those ten sites.
I disagree. MMOs are a prime example. Why does anyone play Runescape when they've played MMOs with better graphics, better gameplay, and a better culture?
Because it's free.
How about people who prefer the early incarnations of a game franchise, even though the newer ones are better?
All too often, the newer ones are not better, only shinier.
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No, people just know that "The Troubles" don't really have anything to do with Christianity. The root cause of this is an English/Irish hatred that goes back long before there even *was* Protestantism. We see a Protestant/Catholic split only because the great majority of the Irish are Catholic and the great majority of the English/English-descended are Protestant (because the English followed their king Henry VIII into forming the Anglican Church whereas the Irish weren't disposed to follow an English king *anywhere*).
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You must've flunked Freshman Calculus. The limit of 1/x as x approaches zero from the right (which is what we're doing here; we're not considering negative hours of downtime) increases without bound (i.e., is still infinity).
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The system the US Congress has had since approximately forever. In committee, amendments may be proposed and the bill will be changed if the amendment passes. The same when it comes to a vote before the whole chamber. There is no rule that the amendment have anything whatsoever to the original bill. Getting what you want passed by getting it attached to a must-pass bill is a favorite tactic.
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There are different levels of risk averseness in different people. Apparently you are highly risk averse and consider all gambling not worthwhile.
No, "Highly risk averse" means you don't like a proposition where you're 90% likely to lose your money, but if you don't, you'll get back 20 times what you bet (a good-quality venture capital investment can look like this). Not liking Vegas gambling where the odds are expertly rigged against you is not "risk averse", but rather more along the lines of "intelligent".
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The general rule for gambling against other players is to look around the table and find the sucker. If you can't find him, he's probably you.
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Antiqua is somewhere in the distant past. We're dealing with *time-travelling* software pirates here. They're the worst kind.
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Um, actually, no, there's no such tradition. Over the past fifty years, the government has added civil rights laws that require such respect in certain specified cases (which is why you can't specify your house be sold to whites only), but when you can't point to a law that requires it, you are free to do as you like. The owner of a printing press is free to print or refuse to print what he likes, for whatever reason he likes (as long as he doesn't commit libel). Those whose writings he refuses to print have no recourse to the first amendment to force him to print, regardless of why he refused them. You can't legally prevent the ESRB from issuing ratings, and you can't legally prevent game manufactors and game resellers from deciding whether or not to market games based on those ratings.
15 months per year? That's a pretty good trick. When did the Army get time manipulation technology?
No, I'm simply saying that *I'd* be scared to have to live in proximity to a dirtwad like Moore.
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It's not that bad. It's much easier to avoid Michael Moore than you might think.
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You know, a couple of minutes with Google could've corrected that assumption. D&D tournaments are regularly held at gaming conventions. Many D&D adventure modules were originally used for a tournament before they were released to the public.
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Sega never dominated the market. For one generation, the Genesis managed to pull within hailing distance of the SNES, but even then the SNES outsold it. Then Sony waded in and owned the market.
No, she was 15 (in both Macross and Robotech--Robotech added a few years to some of the characters ages (Rick Hunter is two years older than Hikaru Ichijyou), but not Minmei's).
But now we have something *new* that fixes all those problems! Really! So hand us more money, now!
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No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow.
Three times? Try *ten times*. By the end of the Vietnam war, there were over forty-seven thousand US dead, and over 2300 US MIA.
No, she's charged with copyright infringement. She didn't remove one single item from the possession of someone else, therefore it can't be theft.
Good thing she didn't do that, then.
Good thing she didn't do that either, then.
Yes, you can't commit a felony, such as breaking and entering, or theft (*real*, *actual* theft) in the course of obtaining material for fair use. So what crime, other than the alleged copyright infringement (which the defense of fair use *does* cover), did she commit?
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Well, those who know that the "atmosphere" is indeed a standard meaure of pressure (equal to about 100 kiloPascals or 15 pounds per square inch) thought it made perfect sense. Yes, it is a standardization of Earth's atmospheric pressure at sea-level, but it's still a standard that is internationally defined and sees use.
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Or one of my favorites, the horse race with the quantum finish. Prof. Farnsworth complained that they'd changed the outcome by measuring it.
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He means having banners or other content that is actually retrieved from
the affiliate/sponsor's site, thereby insuring your page will load at
the response rate of the *slowest* of those ten sites.
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Yes, I was once a Sony Knight, the same as your father.
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Because it's free.
All too often, the newer ones are not better, only shinier.
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I bet they never even went to a NASCAR race!
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...but at least we'll have chicken.
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Did you know that when writing first came into wide use, there was argument against it because it would ruin people's memory? I'm not joking, here.
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