I was a big Nissan fan, I had a 1992 Sentra that I loved, it was a great car until someone pulled out in front of me. I drive a 1995 Sentra since 2000 or so, and the quality is very noticably lower. I looked at consumer reports when my wife was looking for a car, and Nissan has fallen a long way in many categories.
One interesting thing is that Ford is actually getting up around Toyota in reliability, but only in year 2000+ models. It is nice to see a US atuomaker stop sucking so badly.:)
I see the Slashdot population is equally ill informed about their rights. A school principal or administrator is indeed considered an agent of the government for these purposes.
Public schools are government institutions, funded by the people. They must act accordingly and obey the constitution.
What the hell are you talking about? I don't remember stating views on firing teachers, or standardized testing, or half the other shit you attribute to me.
I'm a Libertarian, against all public school, personally.
I think the thing is, everyone understands that. I doubt there are many that don't get the true meaning of the issue. I live in rural virginia, and even the stupidest and most ardent supporters of legislation to ban flag burning understood it was about the statement the act portrayed, and not the action itself.
Don't assume that just because someone disagrees with you, they are too stupid to understand the real issues.
You are absolutely right. The authoritarian leftist has a tight grip on the schools, and I think that helps drive the more whacko right to try to push their way into the mess as a strong reaction of "fighting fire with fire".
We did write the feature anyway, the decision had come down when he got the press ready sample. We had the whole paper ready to go to print when this happened.
It's funny that so many are responding the way you are, when it is absolutely incorrect. You all are the same as the respondants to the survey, you don't understand the freedoms guaranteed by the 1st amendment.
Only if they can prove malice and a reckless disregard for the truth. Most comedy type work is protected too. The standards are high, it's nearly impossible for them to win.
In high school I was on the newspaper staff for a while. We had a major part of an issue planned for addressing sex in high school, with various stories and features.
The principal vetoed the whole deal.
Something similar recently came up at another, and the students just left an entire page blank as a protest.
How can we teach kids about 1st amendment freedoms when principals have 100% editorial control over school papers?
The Ford Pinto came in an era where the US automakers thought they could slack off and idiot US consumers would eat it up. They were in for a huge wakeup call in the 80s when japanese makers mopped the floor with them in the US market.
Sure, it doesn't guarantee a good product all of the time, but competition will guarantee a trend toward better products for lower cost.
"mere presence at the crime scene and guilty knowledge of the crime are generally not enough for aiding and abetting."
"The key elements are the defendant's association with the venture, participating in it as in something he wished to bring about, and seeking to make it succeed."
With merely a hyperlink, and no other contact between the linker and the person linked to, there's no participation, there's no seeking to make the crime succeed.
Besides, copyright is a civil matter. I know it's a lot for you guys to understand the difference between a criminal offense and a civil matter like copyright infringement, but please try to keep up.
Yeah, the only holdout with a faulty business plan now is Microsoft. Once they go, we can finally say the bubble has burst, and people are ready to demand companies with viable business plans to invest in.
While the theatrical release may be filmed at a wider aspect ratio, there is often indeed more area at the top and bottom that can be unmasked for the conversion to more square ratios.
The viewfinder would likely be masked to the final aspect ratio too, but I'm no filmmaker.
Linking to any file is just telling someone where they can get it. That's like saying to someone, "You know, I hear there are lots of drug dealers on the corner of 3rd and Main"...
Do you think a person in that case should be charged with dealing drugs?
The whole denying wrongdoing thing is boilerplate for a class action settlement. I've never seen a settlement that involved the company admitting some fault, at least not formally.
I think the reason they do that is because if they admitted fault, the people that applied for exclusion from the class could then sue them and possibly win for large amounts.
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And wouldn't it have made more sense to just buy a wedding dress at the first store they went to, even if it cost $400 more? :)
I was a big Nissan fan, I had a 1992 Sentra that I loved, it was a great car until someone pulled out in front of me. I drive a 1995 Sentra since 2000 or so, and the quality is very noticably lower. I looked at consumer reports when my wife was looking for a car, and Nissan has fallen a long way in many categories.
:)
One interesting thing is that Ford is actually getting up around Toyota in reliability, but only in year 2000+ models. It is nice to see a US atuomaker stop sucking so badly.
There are specific supreme court cases on this very thing, which makes it different from your government newsletter scenario.
Wouldn't the reciever be the teabagee?
I see the Slashdot population is equally ill informed about their rights. A school principal or administrator is indeed considered an agent of the government for these purposes.
Public schools are government institutions, funded by the people. They must act accordingly and obey the constitution.
What the hell are you talking about? I don't remember stating views on firing teachers, or standardized testing, or half the other shit you attribute to me.
I'm a Libertarian, against all public school, personally.
I think the thing is, everyone understands that. I doubt there are many that don't get the true meaning of the issue. I live in rural virginia, and even the stupidest and most ardent supporters of legislation to ban flag burning understood it was about the statement the act portrayed, and not the action itself.
Don't assume that just because someone disagrees with you, they are too stupid to understand the real issues.
You are absolutely right. The authoritarian leftist has a tight grip on the schools, and I think that helps drive the more whacko right to try to push their way into the mess as a strong reaction of "fighting fire with fire".
We did write the feature anyway, the decision had come down when he got the press ready sample. We had the whole paper ready to go to print when this happened.
We did publish it ourselves and hand it out.
You realize that something like 89% of kids go to public schools in the US, not private, right?
This is more like looking a trojan horse in the mouth.
It's funny that so many are responding the way you are, when it is absolutely incorrect. You all are the same as the respondants to the survey, you don't understand the freedoms guaranteed by the 1st amendment.
Only if they can prove malice and a reckless disregard for the truth. Most comedy type work is protected too. The standards are high, it's nearly impossible for them to win.
Libel and slander against public figures is basically an impossible task to pursue. In other words, they can sue you, but they will always lose.
In high school I was on the newspaper staff for a while. We had a major part of an issue planned for addressing sex in high school, with various stories and features.
The principal vetoed the whole deal.
Something similar recently came up at another, and the students just left an entire page blank as a protest.
How can we teach kids about 1st amendment freedoms when principals have 100% editorial control over school papers?
The Ford Pinto came in an era where the US automakers thought they could slack off and idiot US consumers would eat it up. They were in for a huge wakeup call in the 80s when japanese makers mopped the floor with them in the US market.
Sure, it doesn't guarantee a good product all of the time, but competition will guarantee a trend toward better products for lower cost.
the bathroom dude in a bar.... cumputer business
Isn't that illegal in most states?
Businesses might all turn out the same if put into a monopoly position, but good strong competition keeps them honest.
If you want to go this way with it:
Here
"mere presence at the crime scene and guilty knowledge of the crime are generally not enough for aiding and abetting."
"The key elements are the defendant's association with the venture, participating in it as in something he wished to bring about, and seeking to make it succeed."
With merely a hyperlink, and no other contact between the linker and the person linked to, there's no participation, there's no seeking to make the crime succeed.
Besides, copyright is a civil matter. I know it's a lot for you guys to understand the difference between a criminal offense and a civil matter like copyright infringement, but please try to keep up.
Yeah, the only holdout with a faulty business plan now is Microsoft. Once they go, we can finally say the bubble has burst, and people are ready to demand companies with viable business plans to invest in.
It happens, a lot
While the theatrical release may be filmed at a wider aspect ratio, there is often indeed more area at the top and bottom that can be unmasked for the conversion to more square ratios.
The viewfinder would likely be masked to the final aspect ratio too, but I'm no filmmaker.
Who stole what from who?
Ignoring that copying is not stealing in any normal sense of the word, he didn't copy anything.
In fact:
There, I just committed a crime on par with the crime in question. I linked to a place that could allow you to obtain infringing material.
Where the fuck are all you poeple coming from? I've never seen so much ignorance on Slashdot as there is in this story's comments.
Is the high school remedial class off today or something?
What the hell are you smoking?
Linking to any file is just telling someone where they can get it. That's like saying to someone, "You know, I hear there are lots of drug dealers on the corner of 3rd and Main"...
Do you think a person in that case should be charged with dealing drugs?
The whole denying wrongdoing thing is boilerplate for a class action settlement. I've never seen a settlement that involved the company admitting some fault, at least not formally.
I think the reason they do that is because if they admitted fault, the people that applied for exclusion from the class could then sue them and possibly win for large amounts.