I had the same thought, and then i realized it said registered sex offender... plausibly, he placed himself in a higher risk/lower freedom category.
Even though we are not ascribing values of good and bad to the Googliness, the argument for protection of the ffreedom of those most undeserving amongst us is often an easy moral conundrum to overcome.
That is why they begin the gentle eroding of citizen freedom there, at the lowest common denominator. It's difficult to object, if in doing so, you find yourself defending reprehensible behavior. It is horribly obvious and routinely acceptable manipulation...
In times of extraordinary resources, an ecosystem's offspring are afforded the opportunity to grow larger, and larger is often a breeding advantage.
In times of constriction of resources, those life forms with the minimal caloric needs tend to flourish.
What a beautiful and strange World it must have been in the dinosaurs heyday to support a seven ton carnivore and a 50,000 to 100,000 kilo plant eater.
Don't stop me if you think you've heard this one before.
There's a lady walking down the beach who finds a bottle, rubs it, and out pops a genie. "I know how this goes," she exclaims, "I get three wishes."
"I'm afraid not, young lady. Due to inflationary constraints, you will only be afforded a single wish."
Without hesitation, the woman pulls out a map of the Middle East to show the previously incarcerated genie. "I would like for there to be peace in this part of the World."
The Genie pauses to scratch his chin. "These people have been at war for a very long time. I'm a highly skilled genie, but I'm not sure even I could pull that off. Is there something else I could do for you?"
"Okay then," replies the young maiden, "I would like you to find me the man of my dreams. He must be sweet, honorable, enjoy shopping with me, never lie or cheat, be a perfect father for our beautiful children, and rather spend time with me than do anything else. He should be brave and sensitive, love my cat..."
"Hold it right there," says the genie, "Let me see that map again."
The United States and the former Soviet Union were renowned during the Cold War for testing new warfare technology in a foreign theatre. Israeli use of US military tech has been a proving ground for decades for new ways to deliver death and destruction.
Although there's a measure of efficacy that can only be achieved in real time conflict, there's a downside.
The technology is also exposed to your enemy, theoretically allowing different defense methods to be tested.
Is this where we set the bar of government interference in our private lives?
A very simple solution would be the parents don't allow an irresponsible child to play a game with in-game purchasing. Hell, that might even institute a bit of self-restraint a growing child could use the rest of his life.
Sadly, America's just getting on the end of the demographic tidal wave which will make this impossible, so the golden years where everything is perfect are going to seem really short.
True unless, ironically, the nation can still grow its' population base ahead of the European models... most likely through imigration.
Additionally, the virus is simply not the same threat in nations with state of the art health care facilities.
Though a killer of masses in the poorer nations, modern sterilization techniques, air tight quarantines, and quick diagnosis render the virus far less virulent in the rich nations.
I'm no lawyer of any account, however, the Microsoft press release (by David Howard) is impeccable... it's the first link in TFS.
It's difficult to read it and not feel all warm and fuzzy about Microsoft and their seemingly reluctant, no other recourse lawsuit of Samsung, their dearest friend.
I don't know who's right or wrong here, or even if that belief set enters into the equation, but Microsoft looks good out of the gate.
In a fervor, The Press is normally to be found jostling in line for the first big interview after a scandal breaks, giving the Headliner his or her pick of a favorable interviewer.
Look at your "major" cable news organizations. They throw more fuel on the fire of partisan politics than the average citizen can keep up with, yet there is a safe harbor for debriefing available for the extremists in both parties.
The way they've gamed the system, there's a talking head somewhere who'll defend your accusations as a Partisan Attack.
I think you're on target with the customer's motivation to hire the man with two first names.... I reserve doubt as to whether they ever get what they believe they've bargained for.
Most of the companies who can afford to pay a wage that allows for few comforts do business with the government, or do business with a company that does business with the government.... short story: there will be drug screening.
Construction companies drug screen at employment inception and when there's an accident.
It's unlawful search (and seizure of your body fluids), but hell, it's a free country... you can work for yourself.
There is an undisclosed cost to be paid for operating on the sole advantage of being the lowest bidder for my Dinar.
If the customer is only loyal to price, she or he is only beholden to your retail outlet as long as you are the lowest. So to stay in business, that's what you'll always be...Shout Out to you Walmart.
If on the other hand, you use your marginally-profitable market share to expand product and service lines in a successful bid for brand loyalty, well you're officially crafty. Props to Amazon.
From Big Pharma's perspective, with the involuntary testing of prison inmates off the table in most Western countries, the homeless population presents a viable alternative who are statistically unlikely to pursue litigation.
From a humanitarian perspective, the quandary is "Do we want to allow the weakest among us to make decisions they are unqualified to properly weigh?"
I will leave the ethics to others, but ultimately, as future consumers of these tested pharmaceuticals, do we want to rely on results that are likely skewed because the test subjects were also taking heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine?
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Even though we are not ascribing values of good and bad to the Googliness, the argument for protection of the ffreedom of those most undeserving amongst us is often an easy moral conundrum to overcome.
That is why they begin the gentle eroding of citizen freedom there, at the lowest common denominator. It's difficult to object, if in doing so, you find yourself defending reprehensible behavior. It is horribly obvious and routinely acceptable manipulation...
In good company, though, I will be.
Ah, but there were no modern humans in the Jurassic.
In times of constriction of resources, those life forms with the minimal caloric needs tend to flourish.
What a beautiful and strange World it must have been in the dinosaurs heyday to support a seven ton carnivore and a 50,000 to 100,000 kilo plant eater.
There's a lady walking down the beach who finds a bottle, rubs it, and out pops a genie. "I know how this goes," she exclaims, "I get three wishes."
"I'm afraid not, young lady. Due to inflationary constraints, you will only be afforded a single wish."
Without hesitation, the woman pulls out a map of the Middle East to show the previously incarcerated genie. "I would like for there to be peace in this part of the World."
The Genie pauses to scratch his chin. "These people have been at war for a very long time. I'm a highly skilled genie, but I'm not sure even I could pull that off. Is there something else I could do for you?"
"Okay then," replies the young maiden, "I would like you to find me the man of my dreams. He must be sweet, honorable, enjoy shopping with me, never lie or cheat, be a perfect father for our beautiful children, and rather spend time with me than do anything else. He should be brave and sensitive, love my cat..."
"Hold it right there," says the genie, "Let me see that map again."
Although there's a measure of efficacy that can only be achieved in real time conflict, there's a downside.
The technology is also exposed to your enemy, theoretically allowing different defense methods to be tested.
It seemed safer than leaving it out, what with the growing strength of the punctuation lobby.
I see the Pepsibot is up and running.
Is this where we set the bar of government interference in our private lives?
A very simple solution would be the parents don't allow an irresponsible child to play a game with in-game purchasing. Hell, that might even institute a bit of self-restraint a growing child could use the rest of his life.
Sadly, America's just getting on the end of the demographic tidal wave which will make this impossible, so the golden years where everything is perfect are going to seem really short.
True unless, ironically, the nation can still grow its' population base ahead of the European models... most likely through imigration.
That's how we got Ebola Reston.
Additionally, the virus is simply not the same threat in nations with state of the art health care facilities.
Though a killer of masses in the poorer nations, modern sterilization techniques, air tight quarantines, and quick diagnosis render the virus far less virulent in the rich nations.
It's difficult to read it and not feel all warm and fuzzy about Microsoft and their seemingly reluctant, no other recourse lawsuit of Samsung, their dearest friend.
I don't know who's right or wrong here, or even if that belief set enters into the equation, but Microsoft looks good out of the gate.
Look at your "major" cable news organizations. They throw more fuel on the fire of partisan politics than the average citizen can keep up with, yet there is a safe harbor for debriefing available for the extremists in both parties.
The way they've gamed the system, there's a talking head somewhere who'll defend your accusations as a Partisan Attack.
Still, bet Sysadmin's the highest ranking head that'll roll.
I think you're on target with the customer's motivation to hire the man with two first names.... I reserve doubt as to whether they ever get what they believe they've bargained for.
I suspect it is no more sinister than leasing celebrity.
Construction companies drug screen at employment inception and when there's an accident.
It's unlawful search (and seizure of your body fluids), but hell, it's a free country... you can work for yourself.
You can acronym like a MFer.
life ain't, wasn't, and won't be.
A million is worth admittedly less these days, I get that, but I have the same feeling now.
If the customer is only loyal to price, she or he is only beholden to your retail outlet as long as you are the lowest. So to stay in business, that's what you'll always be...Shout Out to you Walmart.
If on the other hand, you use your marginally-profitable market share to expand product and service lines in a successful bid for brand loyalty, well you're officially crafty. Props to Amazon.
They're squeezing the entire book publishing industry, and asking authors and publishers what their problem is.
Look, we've done the math for you asshat. Why aren't you grateful?
A competent barrister would agree to 40% and accrue the remaining ten in interest from the client's draws prior to settlement.
From a humanitarian perspective, the quandary is "Do we want to allow the weakest among us to make decisions they are unqualified to properly weigh?"
I will leave the ethics to others, but ultimately, as future consumers of these tested pharmaceuticals, do we want to rely on results that are likely skewed because the test subjects were also taking heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine?