You are not supposed to make decisions the way you normally would because most people can't tell what the proper information to select from is. You, yourself, just admitted you would break the law in your decision.
Indescriminate open access to information, you think it is a wholely good thing? If you say yes, you would be wrong. Look at what indescriminate open access to information has wrought for vaccines. Creationists want indescriminate access to information in science classes so they can preach their religion. The judge acts as a descriminator or filter so that bad, incorrect, or misleading information does not cloud the thinking of the jury.
Apparently, you do not understand the definition of the word lie.
Stallman believes that HE should make big bank, but no one should be able to make big bank, especially on software, and most especially on software he wants to use.
Evidently, you don't do better with more information because you seem to think it is OK to punish a man for a crime he didn't commit because he was found innocent of a different crime that many believe he committed. It seems you would substitute your judgment for that of the jury that heard the original case and found him innocent.
Your little "married friend story" is an old joke, by an even older comedian. You shouldn't lie in your posts, it lets everyone know you are an idiot.
The jury is not the one to decide if it is relevant. That is the job of the judge. Just like it is the job of the judge to decide other points of law and conduct in the court.
They say it's supposed to be a jury of your peers, but then they say that the Judge should have absolute control over the information the Jury can consider when reaching it's verdict. That kind of defeats the point, right?
A jury of your peers is a jury of people like you and not, say, a group appointed by the government, or only rich people, or just the judge.
What makes a judge so smart he can decide to withhold information and outside consultation from Jurors, when we normally would have that available to us when making decisions in real life.
That is part of his job. There are facts that would sway the jury via emotion that should not be considered in the case at hand.
The judge has control over the information available to the jury because the jury is only supposed to consider the information that is relevant to the case. Outside information may prejudice the jury against one party or the other. Consider a case where one party has convictions for a different kind of crime many years ago, say marijuana possession. The person is arrested for petty theft. Should convictions for possession be admissible in the current case? That is what the judge decides.
How about a case where a woman is charged with a crime and in the past lost her children to Child Protective Services. Should the fact that her children are in foster care be considered in her current case?
How about a case against someone many believe killed two people and was acquitted? Should that case be introduced? It could cause members of the jury to vote guilty, not for the allegation in the case, but rather for the case he has already been acquitted of.
And such jury tampering could just as easily be prevented by monitoring communications and arresting people who are trying to manipulate the outcome for personal gain.
Who is going to monitor, for how long, and how? And, what exactly is personal gain? What if someone does it to send the defendant to jail because he does not like the defendant? Or, the defendant's wife? Or, tries to get the defendant off for similar reasons? What if one wants to just tarnish the record of one of the attorneys?
One thing to keep in mind is that most people are terrible at determining what is relevant to making a decision and, as a result, make bad decisions.
Funny, but that is a link to a blog. I followed the link to his source and it said nothing about lengthening the yellow reducing red light running, but did say that in Aurora red light running went down while rear end collisions went up, apparently because people were stopping but the people behind them were paying more attention to the light than the vehicle in front of them. The number of those collisions went down when the yellow was extended.
Seems like your link supports the claim that the yellow light time was increased, but then fails to link the reduction in red light running to said increase. The link appears to state that the cameras do in fact reduce red right light running, which is the exact opposite of the GPP.
In other words, you have just proven the GPP is incorrect and that you are both wrong.
no. They returned the yellow light time to the correct interval, and offenses dropped.
Prove your statement. Please show a reliable, valid study showing that the yellow light times were shortened or have changed. Blog posts and rants do not count as reliable, nor do anecdotes.
As I said, usually. While speeding in excess of 80mph my be a misdemeanor in VA, in FL it is a noncriminal offense.
Speeding in excess of a certain speed, generally anywhere from 15 to 25 miles over the posted speed limit depending on the state, might be a misdemeanor in any particular location.
Here in Florida, speeding is a non-criminal offense. But, one can be charged with reckless driving in addition to speeding, as well as fleeing and eluding, and other offenses depending on the situation.
As a side note, in Florida has pasted new laws: $1000 minimum fine for more than 50mph over the speed limit; $1000 fine for first offense for popping wheelies on a motorcycle with $5000, 6 months in jail, and loss of license for 10 years the max penalty for third offense.
Also, here in Florida, one can post a $10,000 bond with the state and be considered self-insured and thus not need insurance.
Actually, traffic tickets are usually civil and not criminal matters. Very few traffic laws are criminal infractions, at least in the U.S.
Failure to maintain minimum insurance is usually civil infraction that results in the suspension of either the vehicle tag, the owner's license to drive, or both.
And, is some states, there is no minimum insurance requirements at all.
It is not a tax, and this the use is not for traffic violations but for civil law violations, specifically insurance requirement for licensing a vehicle.
That is not what you said. You said "It takes all kinds". Now, you are changing your mind and saying it doesn't take all kinds. So, I guess you were wrong and it doesn't take all kinds now does it?
No, it doesn't take all kinds and this is not about "iron clad conformity". It is about basic civility, common courtesy, professionalism, and hygiene.
If you believe it takes all kinds, then, by definition, you believe it also takes child molesters, rapists, and murders as they are part of "all kinds".
This is not investigation harassment, and if you would dig your head out of your ass you would see that. And, I will not put up with your idiotic hyperbole as an attempt to generate outrage where there should be none, fuckwit.
These two documents are being accord the same level of respect. As I showed in my previous post, a personal diary can be subpoenaed in the exact same manner as his Facebook information. I have no idea why you think a personal diary could not be subject to a discovery subpoena. That belief is completely false, especially when there is reasonable belief that the information in the diary could be of interest to the case. Just like there is reason to believe the contents of this guy's Facebook information will have information about the his alleged reduction in life satisfaction, which is a key point in his claims.
Now, explain to me where you are getting this "jury" thing from? This has nothing to do with a jury and everything to do with a judge. Maybe you should go look up court procedures before you make yourself look like more of an idiotic asshole.
Oh, and by the way, one's diary is only supposed to be accessible to oneself and not one's closest friends.
Josh is paid to do his job. Part of the job of a programmer is to work with others. Part of most people's job description includes things about hygiene, appropriate work behavior, teamwork, etc.
If Josh's coding results in ten thousand lines of spaghetti code with no documentation and riddled with single and double character variable names that result in other people not being able to do their jobs, then Josh is not doing his job. If Josh and his office smell like a pile of garbage, he is not doing his job. If Josh is saying offensive things to people, he is not doing his job.
You lean keynesian? Keynesian policy is foolish and will result in continued inflation, erosion of the dollar and the American economic power, and eventually will result in the collapse of the United States economy because we can not borrow our way out of this problem. This short term stimulation of the economy that you want will only result in long term disaster.
This problem is a debt problem. We, both as individuals and as a nation, owe too much money and borrowing more will not fix things. You can't dig your way out of a hole by digging deeper and that is all this bloated blivet of a stimulous package is doing, digging the country deeper into debt. It is so bad that China, the country that is funding our government, is getting nervous about it. If China decides we are a credit risk and stop buying our bonds, which are worth less every day, then NONE of this gets funded and the U.S. goes bankrupt.
This is entire economic meltdown has been caused by the shipping of jobs, especially manufacturing jobs, overseas. The high wage "knowledge worker" jobs never materialized in large enough numbers because of off-shoring and H1-Bs. That, combined with executive level greed resulting in stagnant to negative wage growth for most workers has resulted in this debt mess.
If one wants to fix the economy, one must resume manufacturing in the U.S. because manufacturing is the creation of wealth. One must increase the mean wage by forcing a decrease in executive level pay while increasing worker pay. One must get healthcare costs under control.
Theodp's ignorant comment about "quants" and mathmatical ignores one of the primary thing I have heard repeated about the blame being put on mathmatical modeling for the financial crisis. Namely, that it is not that mathmatical modeling was used but rather that only one mathmatical model was used by everyone.
Mathmatical modeling is a tool, like a computer. It can be used properly or improperly. And, in the case of the financial systems, it was used improperly, just like theodp's use of his computer and his post to spread FUD.
Facebook, MySpace, LiveJournal, etc. are NOT the equivalent of a diary. A diary is a private collection of private thoughts that are rarely, if ever, shared. Those websites exist to SHARE your thoughts and feelings and are not priviledged in any way. This is no different than subpoenaing the letters he sent to his penpals or even his friends to testify as to what he has done and said to them.
They wouldn't need to raid his house to get his diary. All they need to do is subpoena it. He is obligated by law to turn it over and refusal to do so would result in contempt of court.
And, if he has discussed his enjoyment of life before and after the wreck on Facebook or some other website, then the contents of his Facebook site are material to the case.
A laptop computer is made with lots of plastic and glass, has moving parts, and has to be designed to so that parts can be replaced.
The computer in that shell is a special purpose computer that does one thing very well; has either a capacitor or a small, fixed battery; has few, if any, external parts, is not designed to be repaired; but rather the whole unit is tossed out; has no moving parts, no glass; and is probably inside a metal housing, possibly embedded in a solid block of high-impact plastic.
In other words, the design goals are completely different.
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You are not supposed to make decisions the way you normally would because most people can't tell what the proper information to select from is. You, yourself, just admitted you would break the law in your decision.
Indescriminate open access to information, you think it is a wholely good thing? If you say yes, you would be wrong. Look at what indescriminate open access to information has wrought for vaccines. Creationists want indescriminate access to information in science classes so they can preach their religion. The judge acts as a descriminator or filter so that bad, incorrect, or misleading information does not cloud the thinking of the jury.
Apparently, you do not understand the definition of the word lie.
Awww did I hurt your feelings by telling the truth about your little tin god?
Stallman believes that HE should make big bank, but no one should be able to make big bank, especially on software, and most especially on software he wants to use.
Evidently, you don't do better with more information because you seem to think it is OK to punish a man for a crime he didn't commit because he was found innocent of a different crime that many believe he committed. It seems you would substitute your judgment for that of the jury that heard the original case and found him innocent.
Your little "married friend story" is an old joke, by an even older comedian. You shouldn't lie in your posts, it lets everyone know you are an idiot.
The jury is not the one to decide if it is relevant. That is the job of the judge. Just like it is the job of the judge to decide other points of law and conduct in the court.
A jury of your peers is a jury of people like you and not, say, a group appointed by the government, or only rich people, or just the judge.
That is part of his job. There are facts that would sway the jury via emotion that should not be considered in the case at hand.
The judge has control over the information available to the jury because the jury is only supposed to consider the information that is relevant to the case. Outside information may prejudice the jury against one party or the other. Consider a case where one party has convictions for a different kind of crime many years ago, say marijuana possession. The person is arrested for petty theft. Should convictions for possession be admissible in the current case? That is what the judge decides.
How about a case where a woman is charged with a crime and in the past lost her children to Child Protective Services. Should the fact that her children are in foster care be considered in her current case?
How about a case against someone many believe killed two people and was acquitted? Should that case be introduced? It could cause members of the jury to vote guilty, not for the allegation in the case, but rather for the case he has already been acquitted of.
Who is going to monitor, for how long, and how? And, what exactly is personal gain? What if someone does it to send the defendant to jail because he does not like the defendant? Or, the defendant's wife? Or, tries to get the defendant off for similar reasons? What if one wants to just tarnish the record of one of the attorneys?
One thing to keep in mind is that most people are terrible at determining what is relevant to making a decision and, as a result, make bad decisions.
Funny, but that is a link to a blog. I followed the link to his source and it said nothing about lengthening the yellow reducing red light running, but did say that in Aurora red light running went down while rear end collisions went up, apparently because people were stopping but the people behind them were paying more attention to the light than the vehicle in front of them. The number of those collisions went down when the yellow was extended.
Seems like your link supports the claim that the yellow light time was increased, but then fails to link the reduction in red light running to said increase. The link appears to state that the cameras do in fact reduce red right light running, which is the exact opposite of the GPP.
In other words, you have just proven the GPP is incorrect and that you are both wrong.
Prove your statement. Please show a reliable, valid study showing that the yellow light times were shortened or have changed. Blog posts and rants do not count as reliable, nor do anecdotes.
As I said, usually. While speeding in excess of 80mph my be a misdemeanor in VA, in FL it is a noncriminal offense.
Speeding in excess of a certain speed, generally anywhere from 15 to 25 miles over the posted speed limit depending on the state, might be a misdemeanor in any particular location.
Here in Florida, speeding is a non-criminal offense. But, one can be charged with reckless driving in addition to speeding, as well as fleeing and eluding, and other offenses depending on the situation.
As a side note, in Florida has pasted new laws: $1000 minimum fine for more than 50mph over the speed limit; $1000 fine for first offense for popping wheelies on a motorcycle with $5000, 6 months in jail, and loss of license for 10 years the max penalty for third offense.
Also, here in Florida, one can post a $10,000 bond with the state and be considered self-insured and thus not need insurance.
The laws vary greatly from state to state.
Actually, traffic tickets are usually civil and not criminal matters. Very few traffic laws are criminal infractions, at least in the U.S.
Failure to maintain minimum insurance is usually civil infraction that results in the suspension of either the vehicle tag, the owner's license to drive, or both.
And, is some states, there is no minimum insurance requirements at all.
In other words, the system worked so they are getting rid of it.
It is not a tax, and this the use is not for traffic violations but for civil law violations, specifically insurance requirement for licensing a vehicle.
Please go take a reading comprehension course.
That is not what you said. You said "It takes all kinds". Now, you are changing your mind and saying it doesn't take all kinds. So, I guess you were wrong and it doesn't take all kinds now does it?
Stop being an idiotic asshole and grow the fuck up for your own sake and for the sake of the rest of the world.
No, it doesn't take all kinds and this is not about "iron clad conformity". It is about basic civility, common courtesy, professionalism, and hygiene.
If you believe it takes all kinds, then, by definition, you believe it also takes child molesters, rapists, and murders as they are part of "all kinds".
This is not investigation harassment, and if you would dig your head out of your ass you would see that. And, I will not put up with your idiotic hyperbole as an attempt to generate outrage where there should be none, fuckwit.
These two documents are being accord the same level of respect. As I showed in my previous post, a personal diary can be subpoenaed in the exact same manner as his Facebook information. I have no idea why you think a personal diary could not be subject to a discovery subpoena. That belief is completely false, especially when there is reasonable belief that the information in the diary could be of interest to the case. Just like there is reason to believe the contents of this guy's Facebook information will have information about the his alleged reduction in life satisfaction, which is a key point in his claims.
Now, explain to me where you are getting this "jury" thing from? This has nothing to do with a jury and everything to do with a judge. Maybe you should go look up court procedures before you make yourself look like more of an idiotic asshole.
Oh, and by the way, one's diary is only supposed to be accessible to oneself and not one's closest friends.
Josh is paid to do his job. Part of the job of a programmer is to work with others. Part of most people's job description includes things about hygiene, appropriate work behavior, teamwork, etc.
If Josh's coding results in ten thousand lines of spaghetti code with no documentation and riddled with single and double character variable names that result in other people not being able to do their jobs, then Josh is not doing his job.
If Josh and his office smell like a pile of garbage, he is not doing his job.
If Josh is saying offensive things to people, he is not doing his job.
In other words, Josh is not doing his job.
There, fixed that for you.
The implied effect is not invalid, and wishing it were does not make it so.
You are still an idiot.
He might be more productive, but what about the people who have to work with and maintain his undocumented spaghetti code?
No. Josh is an arrogant asshole and used his ability and position to prevent to protect himself from the consequences of his behavior and attitude.
The Joshes of the world need to be fired until they learn the world does not revolve around them and that working with others is a good thing.
You lean keynesian? Keynesian policy is foolish and will result in continued inflation, erosion of the dollar and the American economic power, and eventually will result in the collapse of the United States economy because we can not borrow our way out of this problem. This short term stimulation of the economy that you want will only result in long term disaster.
This problem is a debt problem. We, both as individuals and as a nation, owe too much money and borrowing more will not fix things. You can't dig your way out of a hole by digging deeper and that is all this bloated blivet of a stimulous package is doing, digging the country deeper into debt. It is so bad that China, the country that is funding our government, is getting nervous about it. If China decides we are a credit risk and stop buying our bonds, which are worth less every day, then NONE of this gets funded and the U.S. goes bankrupt.
This is entire economic meltdown has been caused by the shipping of jobs, especially manufacturing jobs, overseas. The high wage "knowledge worker" jobs never materialized in large enough numbers because of off-shoring and H1-Bs. That, combined with executive level greed resulting in stagnant to negative wage growth for most workers has resulted in this debt mess.
If one wants to fix the economy, one must resume manufacturing in the U.S. because manufacturing is the creation of wealth. One must increase the mean wage by forcing a decrease in executive level pay while increasing worker pay. One must get healthcare costs under control.
Do the fucking job you are paid to do or quit and give back your salary.
Theodp's ignorant comment about "quants" and mathmatical ignores one of the primary thing I have heard repeated about the blame being put on mathmatical modeling for the financial crisis. Namely, that it is not that mathmatical modeling was used but rather that only one mathmatical model was used by everyone.
Mathmatical modeling is a tool, like a computer. It can be used properly or improperly. And, in the case of the financial systems, it was used improperly, just like theodp's use of his computer and his post to spread FUD.
Wow, could you be anymore of an idiot?
Facebook, MySpace, LiveJournal, etc. are NOT the equivalent of a diary. A diary is a private collection of private thoughts that are rarely, if ever, shared. Those websites exist to SHARE your thoughts and feelings and are not priviledged in any way. This is no different than subpoenaing the letters he sent to his penpals or even his friends to testify as to what he has done and said to them.
They wouldn't need to raid his house to get his diary. All they need to do is subpoena it. He is obligated by law to turn it over and refusal to do so would result in contempt of court.
And, if he has discussed his enjoyment of life before and after the wreck on Facebook or some other website, then the contents of his Facebook site are material to the case.
A laptop computer is made with lots of plastic and glass, has moving parts, and has to be designed to so that parts can be replaced.
The computer in that shell is a special purpose computer that does one thing very well; has either a capacitor or a small, fixed battery; has few, if any, external parts, is not designed to be repaired; but rather the whole unit is tossed out; has no moving parts, no glass; and is probably inside a metal housing, possibly embedded in a solid block of high-impact plastic.
In other words, the design goals are completely different.
The file is rather obviously (look at the strings/modules) a small update to the Symantec PIF Alert Engine.
To you maybe, but you are forgetting that most people don't get the concept of strings, let alone know how to analyze such a thing.
I do agree with the last statement though.