I just read "Chevrolet corn" as "Chevrolet.com", demonstrating that's it not just corporate trade marks that can cause confusion, but any term that resembles another.
No, it's a Federal case because it involves parties in two different jurisdictions (one in SC, one in CA). If Craigslist had offices in SC they could've easily filed suit in that state's superior court with the same allegations.
My younger brother died of a drug overdose, so, yes, I'm quite familiar with what drugs can do to somebody. Thankfully, someone else has already responded with sufficient detail to explain what would likely happen in the event that drugs were legalized and regulated.
No one's saying that people should be encouraged to use drugs, especially hard ones. But making it a crime to use them is only compounding the problem. It's better to treat it as a sickness and get those people the help they need, when they're ready to accept it. In the meantime, keeping draconian laws on the books that damage everyone's lives doesn't solve anything.
Alcohol is legal. Operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol is not legal. Why would you ever assume that just because drugs became legal that operating a vehicle under their influence would suddenly be OK?
meth is so clearly destroying the heartland of America (and even making inroads into big cities) that legalization and taxation is not an option
You're making the assumption that if meth were legal and regulated that it would continue to destroy people. I'm not convinced that's the case.
You're also making the assumption that it's better to restrict people's freedom and have a quasi-police state for everyone than to let a few people who chose to ruin their own lives continue to do so quietly at home. I'd much have more freedom for all, even if that means the few people who can't handle that freedom destroy their own lives. As you've observed, they're going to destroy their lives anyway; by making the method of that destruction illegal, it simply causes more collateral damage when that inevitably happens.
Actually, that's (probably) not true. It's much easier to buy arms by the truck load on the black market from China, Russia, or Venezuela than it is to buy a few at a time in the US and sneak them back over the border.
A contract requires some specific elements to be enforceable: an offer, an acceptance, and a consideration. You could say putting up the site is an offer to use it, and actually using it is an acceptance of this offer. But there's no consideration being traded. Hence, their TOS is not a contract.
It's more accurate to say the TOS is a license to use their site. But even in that case, what remedy could they pursue if someone used their information without their permission or in a way that contravenes the TOS? Bar them from the site? But to do so would require every user to have a login to the system.
The entire TOS is pointless and is merely an example of what happens when an otherwise intelligent ventures into areas they know nothing about. In this case, a mathematics expert trying to act like a lawyer.
Note: I am not a lawyer, nor am I a mathematics expert. So take all this with a salt mine.
I think the idea is that if someone only needs their computer to run a mail program and a web browser, they don't want to pay to run 3D rendering engines and games. This allows for a tiered pricing model for operating systems which could bring down the price of the dreaded Microsoft tax for many people.
Actually, they toyed with the idea of killing off Chekov. One of the latest rumors is that either he or Sulu die early on in the next sequel. If that happens, it'll be awesome. It'll be a finger in the eye of every fanboi out there who complained "this isn't the Trek I love!"
But they can all suck it because this is Abram's Trek, not Roddenberry's Trek, and that makes it OK.
And keep in mind, we're talking about a civilization not only several hundred years in the future, who likely have much better education programs than we do (there was one episode of TNG where a six year old was complaining about having to take calculus), but also spans dozens, if not hundreds, of star systems, with hundreds of billions of individuals to recruit from. I'm sure they could keep their standards high and still have millions of potential recruits pounding on the doors.
(destruction of Vulcan, Kirk as a whiny bitch, Spock and Uhura as an item) and as a normal movie goer (3rd year cadet gets command of the flagship at the end of the movie? yeah, right....)
Here's a few things to keep in mind when watching the movie:
* the destruction of Vulcan was a bold move, and demonstrated more clearly than anything else they could've done (including killing off some of the bridge crew) that this is a different universe and no one is safe. I think it was the right thing to do in this movie and made sure people knew they couldn't depend on the old canon to keep things straight. * quite a few starships were destroyed by Nemo, so maybe as many as 10,000 Starfleet officers were lost. Suddenly, a third year cadet is a lot more senior than he would ordinarily be. * different military organizations have different rules for advancement. Just because the US Navy of the late 20th/early 21st century wouldn't make that kind of jump in grade doesn't mean others haven't, or wouldn't. During the American Civil War, Custer was promoted from Lieutenant to Brigadier General nearly overnight (and it could be argued that Custer and Kirk have a lot in common). So promoting Kirk to Captain isn't without precedent even in real history. * Uhuru and Spock as an item actually makes sense. They were supposed to kiss in one episode of TOS, but Shatner bitched about it so Kirk and Uhuru shared the first interracial kiss on network TV. But with emotions running bare after the destruction of Vulcan, I can see where things would go off in a different direction for them both.
I completely agree with that point. It's beyond dispute that our ancestors had something to do with the extinction of the Neandertals. Whether that means it was genocide, with or without cannibalism, or that we simply out competed them is another matter, and not something we'll probably ever know for certain.
Of course, you can't forget that the Neandertals were much more specifically adapted to a particular environment than we are. Especially with their dietary requirements, they might just not have been able to survive the end of the Ice Age and the death of most megafauna. Their time probably would've ended with or without us.
You assume that Google has already made the change. Unless I missed something when I skimmed TFA it didn't say they had responded to any requests to block FirePond as a keyword. If they have, and they did so quickly, that could also take the wind out of her sails, as there's no remedy she could ask for if they've already fixed the problem.
So again, I'm not really sure what the problem is.
I live in Texas (Dallas, specifically). I haven't seen a Mini since I moved from Austin, and I've never seen a Smart FourTwo. What I do see are lots and lots of pickup trucks and SUVs. Just because your market wants those cars doesn't mean everyone else does.
Or to put it another way, the plural of anecdote is not data.
It depends on the nature of the building. I've worked in buildings that, from the outside, look like little more than large hills, with the entrance carefully hidden. Ordering pizza to be delivered there would be grounds for an Article 13.
If you're just working in a secure room or floor of an otherwise-normal building, though, yeah, you can get food delivered, at least to the quarterdeck.
We don't know how prevalent the eating of Neandertals by our ancestors really was. It may be premature to say, or imply at least, that we actively hunted them as a source of food, which seems to be what you're saying.
However, there have been other instances in history of humans practicing ritual cannibalism against other humans who were fighting over the same resources. Either to absorb the enemy's strength, or as a terror tactic to drive home the point that the other side was not welcome in these parts. It could be that this individual was eaten for these reasons, and not because he (or she) was seen as a primary or secondary food source.
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I just read "Chevrolet corn" as "Chevrolet.com", demonstrating that's it not just corporate trade marks that can cause confusion, but any term that resembles another.
Yes, that would be hard.
60s is middle-aged? What does that make your 40s then? Adolescence 2: Reading Glasses Boogaloo?
You sound like a Congressman discussing the budget.
Wake me when someone reaches Plaid Cold.
Not unlike a low-level soldier who isn't allowed to decide when to fire his weapon, but has to wait for an officer or non-com to tell him to.
No, it's a Federal case because it involves parties in two different jurisdictions (one in SC, one in CA). If Craigslist had offices in SC they could've easily filed suit in that state's superior court with the same allegations.
My younger brother died of a drug overdose, so, yes, I'm quite familiar with what drugs can do to somebody. Thankfully, someone else has already responded with sufficient detail to explain what would likely happen in the event that drugs were legalized and regulated.
No one's saying that people should be encouraged to use drugs, especially hard ones. But making it a crime to use them is only compounding the problem. It's better to treat it as a sickness and get those people the help they need, when they're ready to accept it. In the meantime, keeping draconian laws on the books that damage everyone's lives doesn't solve anything.
Alcohol is legal. Operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol is not legal. Why would you ever assume that just because drugs became legal that operating a vehicle under their influence would suddenly be OK?
meth is so clearly destroying the heartland of America (and even making inroads into big cities) that legalization and taxation is not an option
You're making the assumption that if meth were legal and regulated that it would continue to destroy people. I'm not convinced that's the case.
You're also making the assumption that it's better to restrict people's freedom and have a quasi-police state for everyone than to let a few people who chose to ruin their own lives continue to do so quietly at home. I'd much have more freedom for all, even if that means the few people who can't handle that freedom destroy their own lives. As you've observed, they're going to destroy their lives anyway; by making the method of that destruction illegal, it simply causes more collateral damage when that inevitably happens.
Actually, that's (probably) not true. It's much easier to buy arms by the truck load on the black market from China, Russia, or Venezuela than it is to buy a few at a time in the US and sneak them back over the border.
A contract requires some specific elements to be enforceable: an offer, an acceptance, and a consideration. You could say putting up the site is an offer to use it, and actually using it is an acceptance of this offer. But there's no consideration being traded. Hence, their TOS is not a contract.
It's more accurate to say the TOS is a license to use their site. But even in that case, what remedy could they pursue if someone used their information without their permission or in a way that contravenes the TOS? Bar them from the site? But to do so would require every user to have a login to the system.
The entire TOS is pointless and is merely an example of what happens when an otherwise intelligent ventures into areas they know nothing about. In this case, a mathematics expert trying to act like a lawyer.
Note: I am not a lawyer, nor am I a mathematics expert. So take all this with a salt mine.
I think the idea is that if someone only needs their computer to run a mail program and a web browser, they don't want to pay to run 3D rendering engines and games. This allows for a tiered pricing model for operating systems which could bring down the price of the dreaded Microsoft tax for many people.
Actually, they toyed with the idea of killing off Chekov. One of the latest rumors is that either he or Sulu die early on in the next sequel. If that happens, it'll be awesome. It'll be a finger in the eye of every fanboi out there who complained "this isn't the Trek I love!"
But they can all suck it because this is Abram's Trek, not Roddenberry's Trek, and that makes it OK.
I'm sure Starfleet would institute something.
And keep in mind, we're talking about a civilization not only several hundred years in the future, who likely have much better education programs than we do (there was one episode of TNG where a six year old was complaining about having to take calculus), but also spans dozens, if not hundreds, of star systems, with hundreds of billions of individuals to recruit from. I'm sure they could keep their standards high and still have millions of potential recruits pounding on the doors.
You're from Afghanistan, aren't you?
(destruction of Vulcan, Kirk as a whiny bitch, Spock and Uhura as an item) and as a normal movie goer (3rd year cadet gets command of the flagship at the end of the movie? yeah, right....)
Here's a few things to keep in mind when watching the movie:
* the destruction of Vulcan was a bold move, and demonstrated more clearly than anything else they could've done (including killing off some of the bridge crew) that this is a different universe and no one is safe. I think it was the right thing to do in this movie and made sure people knew they couldn't depend on the old canon to keep things straight.
* quite a few starships were destroyed by Nemo, so maybe as many as 10,000 Starfleet officers were lost. Suddenly, a third year cadet is a lot more senior than he would ordinarily be.
* different military organizations have different rules for advancement. Just because the US Navy of the late 20th/early 21st century wouldn't make that kind of jump in grade doesn't mean others haven't, or wouldn't. During the American Civil War, Custer was promoted from Lieutenant to Brigadier General nearly overnight (and it could be argued that Custer and Kirk have a lot in common). So promoting Kirk to Captain isn't without precedent even in real history.
* Uhuru and Spock as an item actually makes sense. They were supposed to kiss in one episode of TOS, but Shatner bitched about it so Kirk and Uhuru shared the first interracial kiss on network TV. But with emotions running bare after the destruction of Vulcan, I can see where things would go off in a different direction for them both.
I completely agree with that point. It's beyond dispute that our ancestors had something to do with the extinction of the Neandertals. Whether that means it was genocide, with or without cannibalism, or that we simply out competed them is another matter, and not something we'll probably ever know for certain.
Of course, you can't forget that the Neandertals were much more specifically adapted to a particular environment than we are. Especially with their dietary requirements, they might just not have been able to survive the end of the Ice Age and the death of most megafauna. Their time probably would've ended with or without us.
You assume that Google has already made the change. Unless I missed something when I skimmed TFA it didn't say they had responded to any requests to block FirePond as a keyword. If they have, and they did so quickly, that could also take the wind out of her sails, as there's no remedy she could ask for if they've already fixed the problem.
So again, I'm not really sure what the problem is.
I live in Texas (Dallas, specifically). I haven't seen a Mini since I moved from Austin, and I've never seen a Smart FourTwo. What I do see are lots and lots of pickup trucks and SUVs. Just because your market wants those cars doesn't mean everyone else does.
Or to put it another way, the plural of anecdote is not data.
No no no, they were using electrodes to enhance people's memory, not their eyesight.
That would bring a whole new level of intimacy to oral sex.
It depends on the nature of the building. I've worked in buildings that, from the outside, look like little more than large hills, with the entrance carefully hidden. Ordering pizza to be delivered there would be grounds for an Article 13.
If you're just working in a secure room or floor of an otherwise-normal building, though, yeah, you can get food delivered, at least to the quarterdeck.
Makes you wonder what his typical BAC was if his blood is now pure wine.
We don't know how prevalent the eating of Neandertals by our ancestors really was. It may be premature to say, or imply at least, that we actively hunted them as a source of food, which seems to be what you're saying.
However, there have been other instances in history of humans practicing ritual cannibalism against other humans who were fighting over the same resources. Either to absorb the enemy's strength, or as a terror tactic to drive home the point that the other side was not welcome in these parts. It could be that this individual was eaten for these reasons, and not because he (or she) was seen as a primary or secondary food source.