However, Utah cannot pass a law requiring a California porn producer to register the ages of the actors in one of his productions with the clerk in Salt Lake City. That would be a violation of the Commerce Clause and any Federal court would chuck it out the nearest window. It is my understand that this one of the requirements of this Act, and it appears to be the requirement that caused all the trouble.
So are we now judging a book by its cover? Thanks but no thanks, I'll wait until I see all the reviews on rottentomatoes before making judgement.
Well now I feel stupid, I was going to wait until seeing it myself before making up my mind. Guess it is easier to cut out the middle man and get my opinions from experts like everyone else. That way, I too can be an individual!
I regularly (well, not regularly, but often enough) write my wife love letters on specially purchased (read: expensive) paper. Doing so creates a strong incentive to keep my hand-writing skills current and well practiced (and also helps ensure certain return favors on a regular basis).
Quite the opposite! What I'm doing is not assuming that there is any genetic basis for behaviour which may be more prevalent in ethnic groups which are also socio-econmically disadvantaged.
We're not talking about behavior, we're talking about a genetic abnormality that correlates with behavior. There's a subtle but important difference.
And I reiterate, assuming there's even a chance that socioeconomic conditions could have anything to do with a genetic trait betrays not only a strong liberal bias, but also a very weak understanding of genetics.
You're assuming there's a socioeconomic basis for genetic disabilities. That's absurd on the face of it. Being poor doesn't make you have bad genes.
Remember the null hypothesis, the ethnicity per se is irrelevant in determinign whether any particular individual will suffer from this impairment or not.
That remains to be seen. At this point, we don't know what, if any, relation there is between ethnicity and this deformity. There may not be any. But to state that there can't be any ignores things like sickle cell anemia, Tay-Sachs, and cystic fibrosis. They're all genetic diseases that are more common in certain ethnic groups than in others.
No, we didn't allow users to assign groups. That was an admin function.
Then the invention you're talking about is not prior art for this patent.
My posting was germane to routing messages and prior art. What did you contribute to the conversation? Random hostility and nonsense? Brilliant job, your work is done here.
I pointed out that your post was full of ill informed non-sense and showed specifically where your comment was not germane to the invention being discussed. I'm not sure why you think it was a personal attack to show that you're wrong, but that's your problem, not mine.
In terms of this discussion, that doesn't really matter. While the AC may have been trolling, it would be interesting to see if this abnormality was more or less prevalent in different ethnic groups. If it is, then individuals in those groups could receive additional screening at birth to spot this disability and begin receiving treatment to overcome it.
This is behavior you'd expect from the Mafia. It just underscores the fact that there's not much difference between our government and an organized crime syndicate.
Judging by The Sopranos we would be so lucky to have a government that well run.
You have to remember that in Iceland there is still a lot of anger against the people who are perceived to have caused the banking collapse with US style "free-market fundamentalism"
It's worth pointing out that fraud and theft are not "free market" activities, they're criminal ones.
Piratebay's lawyers would argue that if Dutch citizens are presenting fake representation (i.e. claiming to be from France or Spain), then those private citizens are the ones who should be prosecuted for counterfeiting et cetera.
Yeah, but that would require them to show up in court first.
You're assuming that Sweden and the Netherlands don't have treaties to enforce each other's court judgments. I don't for certain one way or the other, but considering they're both members of the EU I'd be very surprised if they don't have something like that in place.
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However, Utah cannot pass a law requiring a California porn producer to register the ages of the actors in one of his productions with the clerk in Salt Lake City. That would be a violation of the Commerce Clause and any Federal court would chuck it out the nearest window. It is my understand that this one of the requirements of this Act, and it appears to be the requirement that caused all the trouble.
Violence is the first refuge against the incompetent.
FTFY.
So are we now judging a book by its cover? Thanks but no thanks, I'll wait until I see all the reviews on rottentomatoes before making judgement.
Well now I feel stupid, I was going to wait until seeing it myself before making up my mind. Guess it is easier to cut out the middle man and get my opinions from experts like everyone else. That way, I too can be an individual!
Screw the pancreas, I'm gonna need a liver in about twenty years.
Yes, because a President and Congress who can't pass health care reform is guaranteed to pass your so-called "nuclear option".
Now if only they could come up with a NIC card that could do that when the editors are asleep.
I regularly (well, not regularly, but often enough) write my wife love letters on specially purchased (read: expensive) paper. Doing so creates a strong incentive to keep my hand-writing skills current and well practiced (and also helps ensure certain return favors on a regular basis).
This is a good law. I had to fight my ex-wife for years just to be able to talk to my kids on the phone. A law like this would've helped immensely.
There goes my business plan to start a social network for convicted rapists in the Chicago area.
Quite the opposite! What I'm doing is not assuming that there is any genetic basis for behaviour which may be more prevalent in ethnic groups which are also socio-econmically disadvantaged.
We're not talking about behavior, we're talking about a genetic abnormality that correlates with behavior. There's a subtle but important difference.
And I reiterate, assuming there's even a chance that socioeconomic conditions could have anything to do with a genetic trait betrays not only a strong liberal bias, but also a very weak understanding of genetics.
Oh please, just how could Drink Coca-Cola today! a site slip advertising in without you realizing it?
That analogy was so bad I had to check your username!
You're right, those bodyguards of the rich and famous don't have any connections to people who are rich and famous.
Remember the null hypothesis, the ethnicity per se is irrelevant in determinign whether any particular individual will suffer from this impairment or not.
That remains to be seen. At this point, we don't know what, if any, relation there is between ethnicity and this deformity. There may not be any. But to state that there can't be any ignores things like sickle cell anemia, Tay-Sachs, and cystic fibrosis. They're all genetic diseases that are more common in certain ethnic groups than in others.
No, we didn't allow users to assign groups. That was an admin function.
Then the invention you're talking about is not prior art for this patent.
My posting was germane to routing messages and prior art. What did you contribute to the conversation? Random hostility and nonsense? Brilliant job, your work is done here.
I pointed out that your post was full of ill informed non-sense and showed specifically where your comment was not germane to the invention being discussed. I'm not sure why you think it was a personal attack to show that you're wrong, but that's your problem, not mine.
Did your invention allow for users to specify which devices they should be contacted on, and in which order?
Did your invention allow for contacting users through multiple combinations of industry standard gateways?
Did your invention allow users to assign themselves to difference groups, and to specify which group should be set at what priority?
If not then how does your invention have anything to do with this one?
A lot of these people can live very successful lives as businessmen or government workers.
And some eventually become President of the United States!
(I'll leave it to the reader's political bias to decide which President(s) I'm speaking of.)
In terms of this discussion, that doesn't really matter. While the AC may have been trolling, it would be interesting to see if this abnormality was more or less prevalent in different ethnic groups. If it is, then individuals in those groups could receive additional screening at birth to spot this disability and begin receiving treatment to overcome it.
This is behavior you'd expect from the Mafia. It just underscores the fact that there's not much difference between our government and an organized crime syndicate.
Judging by The Sopranos we would be so lucky to have a government that well run.
You have to remember that in Iceland there is still a lot of anger against the people who are perceived to have caused the banking collapse with US style "free-market fundamentalism"
It's worth pointing out that fraud and theft are not "free market" activities, they're criminal ones.
Only pedophiles think about the children as often as some politicians claim to. Food for thought.
That sounds like something a witch would say!
Piratebay's lawyers would argue that if Dutch citizens are presenting fake representation (i.e. claiming to be from France or Spain), then those private citizens are the ones who should be prosecuted for counterfeiting et cetera.
Yeah, but that would require them to show up in court first.
You're assuming that Sweden and the Netherlands don't have treaties to enforce each other's court judgments. I don't for certain one way or the other, but considering they're both members of the EU I'd be very surprised if they don't have something like that in place.
Maybe someone should provide the instructions in a torrent.